granizo

See also: granizó

Portuguese

granizo (Portuguese, Spanish nouns)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish granizo.

Noun

granizo m (plural granizos)

1. hail (balls of ice)

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Spanish

granizo (Portuguese, Spanish nouns)

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈniθo/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈniso/
• Rhymes: -iθo, -iso

Etymology 1

Most likely grano (“grain”) +‎ -izo. Alternative and less likely etymologies derive it from Latin grandinem, accusative singular of grandō (“hail, ice ball”), through a Vulgar Latin root *grand(i)niceum (however this presents some phonetic difficulties), or perhaps later influenced by grano and -izo. Compare a similar development in Occitan granissa. Cf. also Italian grandine.

Noun

granizo m (plural granizos)

1. (uncountable) hail

   Synonym: pedrisco

2. (countable) hailstone

Derived terms

• granizar

Descendants

• → Portuguese: granizo

Etymology 2

Verb

granizo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of granizar.

Further reading

• “granizo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.