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Word of the Day: Granizo

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La palabra del día:

granizo

Pronunciación aproximada:

grah-NEE-soh (In most of Spain the z in this word is pronounced much like the "th" in "thin." The Spanish r here is pronounced with a tap of the tongue against the front of the palate.) Listen

Significado:

hail

Ejemplo:

El granizo es un tipo de precipitación que consiste en bolas irregulares de hielo.

Traducción:

Hail is a type of precipitation that is made up of irregular balls of ice.

Aviso:

The verb form for "to hail" is granizar, and a hailstorm is una granizada.

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