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sleet in Italian

sleet in Italian is gragnola, pioggia mista a neve, acquaneve — sleet means a wintry mix of rain and snow, or small pellets of ice formed from partly frozen raindrops.

sleet in Italian

gragnola
noun
(chiefly, United States) Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
pioggia mista a neve
noun
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Northeast US) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.
acquaneve
noun
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Northeast US) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.
vetrone
noun
(rare) A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.

What does "sleet" mean?

  1. noun A wintry mix of rain and snow, or small pellets of ice formed from partly frozen raindrops.
    "Sleet coated the roads in a thin, slippery layer overnight."
  2. verb To fall as sleet.
    "It sleeted for most of the drive north."
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sleet in a sentence

  • Sleet coated the roads in a thin, slippery layer overnight.
  • We drove home through freezing sleet that made the highway treacherous.
  • It sleeted for most of the drive north.

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What is "sleet" in Italian?

"sleet" in Italian is gragnola, pioggia mista a neve, acquaneve. sleet means: A wintry mix of rain and snow, or small pellets of ice formed from partly frozen raindrops.

How do you use "sleet" in a sentence?

Example: "Sleet coated the roads in a thin, slippery layer overnight." In Italian, "sleet" is gragnola, pioggia mista a neve, acquaneve.

Are there other ways to say "sleet" in Italian?

Yes — Italian has 4 translations listed for "sleet": gragnola, pioggia mista a neve, acquaneve, vetrone.

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