watershed

punto de inflexión, hito

Suceso o momento a partir del cual una situación importante cambia mucho.

En inglés sencillo: An event or point after which an important situation changes greatly.

• The election was a watershed.
• Her first exhibition marked a watershed in her career.
• That ruling became a watershed for civil rights.

Cómo se usa: a watershed in something (The election was a watershed in the country's history.); a watershed for someone/something (The discovery proved a watershed for modern medicine.)

Sinónimos: turning point, milestone

Expresiones frecuentes: a watershed moment, watershed in something, a political watershed

cuenca hidrográfica

Territorio cuyas aguas de lluvia y corrientes desembocan en el mismo río, lago o mar.

En inglés sencillo: An area of land where rain and streams flow into the same river, lake, or sea.

• This river drains a large watershed.
• Pollution upstream affects the entire watershed.
• The project protects forests in several watersheds.

Sinónimos: drainage basin, catchment

Expresiones frecuentes: river watershed, watershed management, watershed protection

decisivo, trascendental

Importante porque señala el comienzo de un gran cambio.

En inglés sencillo: Important because it marks the start of a major change.

• It was a watershed moment.
• The watershed election changed the political system.
• Historians consider that agreement a watershed event.

Sinónimos: pivotal, epoch-making

Expresiones frecuentes: watershed moment, watershed event, watershed election, watershed decision