Polyglot Dictionary

aguanieve

/aɣwaˈnjeβe/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las aguanieves

Meaning

  1. sleet

    Built from agua (water) + nieve (snow).

    • Cae aguanieve sobre la ciudad.

      Sleet is falling on the city.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • agua water
  • nieve snow

Similar words

cellisca

aguanieve is the more common word for sleet; cellisca is more literary or regional, sometimes implying sleet driven by wind.

Practice

1 What does aguanieve mean?

2 Fill the gap: Cae ___ sobre la ciudad.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches aguanieve?

nouncompound

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