Snow in spanish
pronunciation: niebe part of speech: noun
snow1 = nieve.
Example: A scene involving the book's protagonist and a snowfall, for example, might lead to talk about the reader's experience of snow.more:
» as white as snow = blanco como la nieve, blanco como una sábana, blanco como la pared.
Example: He covered the roof with tiles, installed new waterwheels and grinding stones, and produced flour that was white as snow.» melting snow = deshielo.
Example: There are spring freshets caused by heavy rainfalls and melting snows, and torrential floods of short duration caused by cloudbursts.» snow avalanche = alud, avalancha de nieve, alud de nieve.
Example: Snow avalanches threaten life and property in mountainous areas worldwide.» snowball = aumentar considerablemente, aumentar vertiginosamente, aumentar rápidamente.
Example: Continuing education for nursing has snowballed due to such things as recognition of advances in medical science and related fields = La formación continua en enfermería ha aumentado considerablemente debido, entre otras cosas, al reconocimiento de los avances en la ciencias médicas y otros campos afines.» snowbird = pájaro migrador. [Referido a la persona que durante el invierno se traslada a vivir a una zona cálida]
Example: The rites of spring among the snowbirds were farewell dinners, goodbye parties, exchanges of address, return of loaned radios, frying pans, and road maps.» snowbird = junco, pinzón de las nieves.
Example: Some people call juncoes 'snowbirds' because they arrive with the first snow.» snow blower = quitanieves.
Example: The vice president, however, was dressed in the kind of attire one typically wears to operate a snow blower.» snowboard = snowboard.
Example: The example of the snowboard provides a detailed illustration of this process in a winter sports context.» snowboarding = snowboarding.
Example: The objective of the article is to explain why snowboarding has gained such an impressive increase in popularity.» snowbound = aislado por la nieve, bloqueado por la nieve.
Example: Philip Hunter reports on this meeting held in snowbound Torun, Poland, 3-4 February 2003.» snowcap = ventisquero, pico nevado.
Example: From the city you can see the snowcaps of the surrounding mountain ranges.» snowcapped = nevado, cubierto de nieve. [Generalmente referido a las montañas]
Example: From snowcapped mountains to the rainforest, Bolivia is a land of contrasts.» snow chains = cadenas para la nieve.
Example: Snow chains are a must on mountain roads where there is ice.» snow-covered = nevado, cubierto de nieve.
Example: Normally snow-covered in winter, the mountain range is bare now but offers some welcome shade from the blistering sun.» snowdrift = ventisquero.
Example: She got partly into the saddle, clung there for a few harrowing seconds, and then went over his head and plump into a snowdrift beside the stable.» snowfall = nevada.
Example: A scene involving the book's protagonist and a snowfall, for example, might lead to talk about the reader's experience of snow.» snow + fall = nieve + caer, nevar.
Example: If it's late fall or early in the winter (after the plant has shed its leaves but before snow has fallen), you can also do some pruning to shape the wisteria vine.» snowflake = copo de nieve.
Example: Snowflakes always have six arms or sides because of the way the crystals grow.» snowflurry = nevisca.
Example: Don't bank on it, there can be bright sunshine, hailstones, drizzle, pouring rain and snowflurries in any given hour of the day.» snow globe = bola de cristal con nieve dentro.
Example: Like a whirl of shiny flakes sparkling in a snow globe, Hubble catches an instantaneous glimpse of many hundreds of thousands of stars.» snow leopard = leopardo de las nieves.
Example: The world is getting hotter, and the changing climate poses a threat to most living creatures, not the least of which are snow leopards.» snowline = límite de las nieves perpetuas.
Example: Warmer summer temperatures will probably lead to a rise in the summer snowline, changing the scenery in southern mountain areas.» snowman [snowmen, -pl.] = muñeco de nieve.
Example: When a young boy's snowman comes to life on Christmas Eve, the two set off on a night-time quest for adventure, meeting penguins, reindeer and naturally, Father Christmas.» snowmobile = motonieve.
Example: A summary is then presented of the number and percentage of snowmobile fatalities in these three states during winter 2002-03.» snow plough = quitanieves.
Example: Despite the advantages of running a small town public library, there are disadvantages -- if a bad winter is forecast the library is likely to lose out completely to a new snow plough.» snowplough [snowplow, -USA] = quitanieves.
Example: They use gritters to sprinkle rock salt on roads and snowploughs to ensure motorists are able to drive safely in poor conditions.» snowshoe = raqueta para la nieve, raqueta de andar por la nieve.
Example: He has promised to bring Sam back, and will do so come what may, even if it involves a trudge across the country in snowshoes.» snowshoe = caminar por la nieve con raquetas.
Example: Although many people like the individuality and peacefulness of snowshoeing, it's a good idea to snowshoe with a friend or partner.» snow shovel = pala de quitar nieve, pala para quitar nieve.
Example: After the alligator snapped at one of them, the teenagers beat it to death with their snow shovels.» snowslide = alud, avalancha de nieve, alud de nieve.
Example: Authorities say two separate snowslides near Snoqualmie Pass have injured six people.» snow squall = ráfaga de nieve.
Example: Several snow squalls continue to blow across parts of southern Ontario causing dangerous driving conditions for motorists.» snow storm = tormenta de nieve.
Example: 'What happened yesterday?' 'Well, as you know, we usually close in bad snowstorms'.» snow-white = blanco como la nieve.
Example: A flock of snow-white doves were flying back and forth across it, and one sat upon the window's ledge and cooed.» Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs = Blancanieves y los siete enanitos.
Example: The original folktale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs becomes transformed when told through the different media of film, sound, movement, colour, art and technology.» the first snow = las primeras nieves.
Example: Some people call juncoes 'snowbirds' because they arrive with the first snow.snow2 = nieve. [Cocaína]
Example: It would be nice for libraries to practice more creative cross-referencing, for instance introducing cross-references from Flapjacks and Hotcakes to the primary heading, PANCAKES, WAFFLES, etc.; or from 'Coke' and 'Snow' to COCAINE.snow3 = nevar.
Example: Stu looked out the window about eleven and saw that it was snowing = Stu se asomó por la ventanta alrededor de las once y vio que estaba nevando.