cellisca

/seˈʝiska/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
las celliscas

Meaning

  1. sleet

    • Cayó una cellisca.

      Sleet fell.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

aguanieve

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

Practice

1 What does cellisca mean?

2 Fill the gap: Cayó una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cellisca?

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