niebla
See also: Niebla
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish nevla,[1] from Latin nebula (possibly through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *nebla), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Compare Galician néboa, Portuguese névoa, and Italian nebbia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]niebla f (plural nieblas)
- fog (a thick cloud that forms near the ground)
- Hay niebla.
- It’s foggy.
- (literally, “There is fog.”)
- fog (a state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “niebla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “niebla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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