granizo

See also: granizó

Portuguese

granizo

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈni.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈni.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈni.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈni.zu/

• Hyphenation: gra‧ni‧zo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish granizo.

Noun

granizo m (plural granizos)

1. hail (balls of ice)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

granizo

1. first-person singular present indicative of granizar

Spanish

granizo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡɾaˈniθo/ [ɡɾaˈni.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ɡɾaˈniso/ [ɡɾaˈni.so]

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• Rhymes: -iθo
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: gra‧ni‧zo

Etymology 1

Most likely grano (“grain”) +‎ -izo. Alternative and less likely etymologies derive it from Latin grandinem (“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

   Synonym: piedra

Derived terms

• granizar

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: granizo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

granizo

1. first-person singular present indicative of granizar

Further reading

• “granizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28