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Dominican Spanish words: weather
7 Dominican words and phrases about weather, the most used first, each with an example. Open any word to hear it.
- aguacero — downpour
«Cayó tremendo aguacero anoche.» There was a huge downpour last night. - la vaguada — a trough (weather system)
«Es una vaguada, va a llover toda la semana.» It's a trough, it'll rain all week. - un tumbapolvo — a brief rain that just settles the dust
«Eso no fue lluvia, fue un tumbapolvo.» That wasn't rain, it barely settled the dust. - el ciclón — the hurricane
«Ese año pasó un ciclón por el sur.» That year a hurricane came through the south. - el sereno — the night damp
«En la noche cae mucho sereno.» At night a lot of damp night air comes down. - el temblor — the tremor
«¿Tú sentiste el temblor anoche?» Did you feel the tremor last night? - la brisa — the breeze
«Siéntate en el patio, que ahí corre brisa.» Sit out in the yard, there's a breeze there.
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