sleet

incontable

A noun referring to a form of precipitation consisting of partially melted snow or a mixture of rain and snow.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un tipo de precipitación formada por nieve parcialmente derretida o una mezcla de lluvia y nieve. También puede referirse al aguanieve o a partículas de hielo que caen como precipitación.

1. Mixed precipitation A2 formal

   A type of precipitation consisting of partially melted snow or a mixture of rain and snow.

   • The weather forecast warned of sleet and icy roads.
   • Sleet fell steadily throughout the morning, covering the ground in a slushy layer.
   • Drivers were advised to be cautious due to the sleet making the streets slippery.

   🇪🇸Aguanieve

• sleets plural form
• sleets' possessive plural form
• sleet's possessive singular form

A verb used to describe the meteorological phenomenon where rain and snow fall together, or where partially frozen rain falls.

• 🇪🇸Verbo que describe el fenómeno meteorológico en el que llueve y nieva a la vez, o cuando cae lluvia parcialmente congelada.

1. Precipitate as sleet B1 formal

   To fall as a mixture of rain and snow, or to produce such precipitation.

   • It began to sleet heavily during the afternoon commute.
   • The weather forecast said it would sleet overnight.
   • When it sleets, the roads become very slippery.

   🇪🇸caer aguanieve

• sleeted past participle
• sleeted past simple
• sleeting present participle
• sleets third person singular