Polyglot Dictionary

saraiva

/saˈɾajvɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as saraivas

Meaning

  1. hail

    • Caiu saraiva.

      Hail fell.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

granizo

saraiva is rarer, more literary or regional; granizo is the standard word — both mean "hail."

Similar in other languages

German

Hagel

Hagel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "hail."

Spanish

granizo

granizo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hail."

French

grêle

grêle is the French word for the same thing — both mean "hail."

Practice

1 What does saraiva mean?

2 Fill the gap: Caiu ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches saraiva?

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