cabañuelas

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Noun

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cabañuelas f pl (plural only)

  1. a traditional form of forecasting the weather
    • 2017 July 29, “Cómo llueve en este pueblo”, in Vanguardia[1]:
      Atrás quedaron en esta ocasión las predicciones de las cabañuelas y en menor grado los viejos dichos antiguos relacionados con el clima como aquel de que en abril lluvias mil, porque pasamos dicho mes y siguió lloviendo sin descanso.
      On this occasion the predictions of the cabañuelas were left behind, and to a lesser degree, the old sayings related to the weather, like the one about April showers, because we passed said month and it continued raining without stopping.
  2. rainfall in January and February

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