tramontana

• Sustantivo que designa un viento frío y seco que sopla desde las montañas hacia el sur, afectando a Italia y al oeste del Mediterráneo.

A noun referring to a cold, dry wind that blows southward from the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean region.

1. Cold mountain windC1formal

   A cold, dry wind that blows from the mountains southward into Italy and the western Mediterranean region.

   Viento frío de montaña

   • The tramontana swept through the valley, dropping temperatures sharply.
   • Sailors in the Mediterranean are wary of the sudden tramontana.
   • The tramontana brought clear skies but bitter cold to the coast.

   Sinónimostramontane