nevasca

Portuguese

Etymology

From neve (“snow”) +‎ -asca.[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈvas.kɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /neˈvaʃ.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈvas.ka/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈvaʃ.kɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈbaʃ.kɐ/ [nɨˈβaʃ.kɐ]

Hyphenation: ne‧vas‧ca

Noun

nevasca f (plural nevascas)

snowstorm (bad weather involving blowing winds and snow)
Synonyms: nevão, tempestade de neve

Related terms

nevar
neve

References

“Origem de nevão e nevasca”, in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa, 2014 February 14, retrieved July 23, 2017

Spanish

Noun

nevasca f (plural nevascas)

blizzard, snowstorm (bad weather involving blowing winds and snow)

Further reading

“nevasca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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