The noise of the pounding water is the signal that a waterfall lays ahead. When the river is in spate like this, anything that falls in the water is swept away quickly and battered against the rocks.
5 to remember
el ruido – noise
la piedra – rock
rápido/a – quickly
el torrente – spate
estar crecido – to be in full spate [river]
The river in spate
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Notes on a Spanish Valley 