Weather Flashcards

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зябко

[unpleasantly cold]

A

Chilly

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слякотно
A medio derretir
[resembling, consisting of, or covered with slush]

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Slushy

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грязно
fangoso
[covered in or full of mud]

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muddy

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4
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прекрасно

precioso

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lovely

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скользко
resbaladizo
[(of a surface or object) difficult to hold firmly]

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slippery

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таять
Derretirse
[to become altered from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat]

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to melt (to thaw)

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моросить
lloviznar
[to shed or let fall in minute drops or particles]

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to drizzle

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8
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лить

llover con fuerza

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to pour (to rain hard)

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9
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промокнуть насквозь

mojarse

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to get wet through

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цвести
florecer
[to develop flowers]

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to bloom (to blossom)

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собирать урожай
cosecha
[the job of cutting and collecting crops from fields]

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to harvest

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проясняться
mejorar
[to improve]

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to clear up

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13
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загорать
tomar el sol
[to sit or lie in the sun so that your skin becomes darker]

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to sunbathe

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вить гнездо

[to live in a nest or build a nest]

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to nest

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15
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кататься на лыжах

esquiar

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to ski

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16
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кататься на коньках
patinar
[to move using skates]

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to skate

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17
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кататься на санях
ir en trineo
[to travel on snow using a sledge]

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to sledge

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18
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играть в снежки

jugar a las bolas de nieve

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to play snowballs

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19
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осадки
precipitación
[water that falls from the clouds towards the ground, especially as rain or snow]

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precipitation

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20
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град
granizo
[small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain]

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hail

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21
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мокрый снег
aguanieve
[a mixture of snow and rain]

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sleet

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сильный снегопад

fuerte nevada

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a heavy snowfall

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сильный ливень

lluvia fuerte

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heavy shower

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частые ливни

lluvias frecuentes

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frequent showers

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переменная облачность | brotes de lluvia
outbreaks of rain
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временами дождь | lluvia ocasional
occasional rain
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шторм vendaval [a very strong wind]
a gale
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смог | [air pollution in a city that is a mixture of smoke, gases, and chemicals]
smog
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ураган | huracán
a hurricane
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вихрь torbellino [a tall, spinning column of air that moves across the surface of the land or sea]
a whirlwind
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метель ventisca [a storm with strong winds and snow]
a blizzard
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замечательный | [magnificent]
wonderful
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чудесный maravilloso [very good, excellent]
marvelous
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великолепный glorioso [beautiful or very good]
glorious
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непредсказуемый impredecible [changing so much that you do not know what will happen next]
unpredictable
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душный | sofocante
close
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спёртый mal ventilado [hot, with no clean air]
stuffy/stifling/close
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сухой seco [without water or liquid on the surface]
dry
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яркий brillante [having a strong, light colour]
bright
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противный desagradable [not kind]
nasty
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ужасный espantoso [very bad]
dreadful
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мерзкий horrible, pésimo [unpleasant or of low quality]
wretched
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переменчивый cambiante [often changing, or likely to change]
changeable
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гроза tormenta eléctrica [a storm that has thunder and lightning (= sudden flashes of light in the sky)]
a thunderstorm
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раскат грома | golpe de trueno
a clap (a crash, a roll) of thunder
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вспышка молнии | relámpago
a flash of lightning
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порыв ветра | una ráfaga (una ráfaga) de viento
a blast (a gust) of the wind
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затяжные морозы | helada prolongada
long frosts
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сильные морозы | fuertes heladas
heavy frosts
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ранние морозы | heladas tempranas
early frosts
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ранние морозы | heladas tempranas
early frosts
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иней | helada blanca
white frost
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гололед | hielo (en el pavimento)
black ice
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стихийное бедствие/природный катаклизм | desastre natural
a natural disaster
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извержение вулкана | erupción volcánica
a volcanic eruption
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наводнение | inundación
a flood
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землетрясение terremoto [a sudden movement of the earth’s surface, often causing damage]
an earthquake
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засуха sequía [a long period when there is no rain and people do not have enough water]
a drought
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оттепель deshielo [to become warmer and softer, or to change to liquid]
a thaw
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аномальная жара/знойная жара | una ola de calor (calor intenso)
a heat wave (intense heat)
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давление | presión
pressure
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влажность humedad [a measurement of how much water there is in the air]
humidity
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бабье лето | verano indio
an Indian summer
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теплая зима | un invierno suave
a mild winter
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суровая зима | invierno severo
a severe winter
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сосульки carámbanos [a long, thin piece of ice that hangs down from something]
icicles
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снежинки copos de nieve [a small piece of snow that falls from the sky]
snowflakes
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сугробы ventisqueros [a large pile of snow formed by the wind]
snowdrifts
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лужи charcos [a pool of liquid on the ground, usually from rain]
puddles
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почки деревьев brotes de árboles [a part of a plant that develops into a leaf or a flower]
buds
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дикая природа naturaleza salvaje [animals, birds, etc. in the place where they live]
wildlife
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зимняя спячка | hibernación
hibernation
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растительность vegetación [the plants and trees that grow in a particular area]
vegetation
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млекопитающие mamíferos [an animal that drinks milk from its mother’s body when it is young]
mammals
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грызуны roedores [an animal with long, sharp teeth, such as a mouse]
rodents
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с прояснениями | [ ]
sunny spells
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солнце сквозь дымку sol brumoso [cloud, mist or fog may conceal the sunshine]
hazy sunshine
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радуга arcoíris [a curved shape with colours that sometimes appears in the sky when the sun shines through rain]
a rainbow
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морской курорт balneario [where people spend holidays]
a sea resort (a health resort)