sleet in Portuguese
sleet in Portuguese is grão de gelo, água-neve, gelo negro — sleet means a wintry mix of rain and snow, or small pellets of ice formed from partly frozen raindrops.
sleet in Portuguese
grão de gelo
(chiefly, United States) Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
água-neve
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Northeast US) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.
gelo negro
(rare) A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.
granizar
(impersonal, of the weather) To be in a state in which sleet is falling.
What does "sleet" mean?
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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."
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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 Portuguese?
"sleet" in Portuguese is grão de gelo, água-neve, gelo negro. 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 Portuguese, "sleet" is grão de gelo, água-neve, gelo negro.
Are there other ways to say "sleet" in Portuguese?
Yes — Portuguese has 4 translations listed for "sleet": grão de gelo, água-neve, gelo negro, granizar.
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