sleet in Spanish
sleet in Spanish is perdigón de hielo, aguanieve, cellisca — sleet means a wintry mix of rain and snow, or small pellets of ice formed from partly frozen raindrops.
sleet in Spanish
perdigón de hielo
(chiefly, United States) Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
aguanieve
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Northeast US) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.
cellisca
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Northeast US) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.
cellisquear
(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 Spanish?
"sleet" in Spanish is perdigón de hielo, aguanieve, cellisca. 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 Spanish, "sleet" is perdigón de hielo, aguanieve, cellisca.
Are there other ways to say "sleet" in Spanish?
Yes — Spanish has 4 translations listed for "sleet": perdigón de hielo, aguanieve, cellisca, cellisquear.
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