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granizar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hail noun Small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky during a storm.
  • sleet noun A wintry mix of rain and snow, or small pellets of ice formed from partly frozen raindrops.

Senses

granizar is used for these senses in English:

  • hail (impersonal) To have hailstones fall from the sky.
  • sleet (impersonal, of the weather) To be in a state in which sleet is falling.

hail — full definition

  1. noun Small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky during a storm.
  2. noun A large number of things arriving quickly and forcefully, one after another.
  3. verb To greet someone or call out to get their attention, often to praise or welcome them.
  4. verb To come from a particular place originally.

sleet — full definition

  1. noun A wintry mix of rain and snow, or small pellets of ice formed from partly frozen raindrops.
  2. verb To fall as sleet.

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