invierno
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imˈbjeɾno/ [ĩmˈbjeɾ.no]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾno
- Syllabification: in‧vier‧no
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish ynvierno, variant of yvierno, from Vulgar Latin *hīnvernum, a modification of Latin hībernum (tempus) (compare Catalan hivern, French hiver, Italian inverno, Portuguese inverno, Romanian iarnă), from hībernus (“wintry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-m-r-ino-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-.
Derived terms
- a boca de invierno
- calabacín de invierno
- calabaza de invierno
- deporte de invierno
- invernal
- invernar (verb)
- invernizo
- invierno nuclear
- pleno invierno (“midwinter, middle of winter”)
See also
| Seasons in Spanish · estaciones (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| primavera (“spring”) | verano (“summer”), estío (“summer”) | otoño (“fall, autumn”) | invierno (“winter”) |
Further reading
- “invierno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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