mayormente soleado
/maʝoɾmente soleado/from spelling rules
The English phrase "mostly sunny" can be translated into Spanish as mayormente soleado.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico, Mayormente despejado can be used to mean "mostly sunny".
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective soleado must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies. For example, use mayormente soleada to modify a feminine noun like la tarde (the afternoon) and use mayormente soleados to modify a masculine plural noun like los días (the days).
How do you pronounce it?
/maʝoɾmente soleado/
Did you know?
- The suffix -mente in mayormente originates from the Latin word mēns, meaning 'mind'. It originally suggested that an action was performed with a specific state of mind.
- The adverb mayormente is built from the root mayor, which is the comparative form of grande. This means the word for 'mostly' is linguistically rooted in the concept of being 'larger'.
- In Spanish weather reports, the phrase intervalos nubosos is often used instead of mayormente soleado to describe a day with occasional clouds. This expression literally means 'cloudy intervals'.
Examples in context
- El pronóstico indica que estará mayormente soleado hoyThe forecast indicates that it will be mostly sunny today
- El clima estará principalmente soleado durante la semanaThe weather will be mainly sunny throughout the week
- Hace bastante sol hoyIt's quite sunny today
- El pronóstico del tiempo indica que estará mayormente soleadoThe weather forecast indicates that it will be mostly sunny
- Se espera un día mayormente soleado.A mostly sunny day is expected.
- El pronóstico dice que estará mayormente soleado.The forecast says it will be mostly sunny.
- Hoy el cielo estará mayormente soleado por la tarde.Today the sky will be mostly sunny in the afternoon.
Example conversation
Mateo and Lucía are checking the weather before a picnic.
- Mateo¿Cómo estará el clima para nuestro picnic?How will the weather be for our picnic?
- LucíaEl reporte dice que estará mayormente soleado.The report says it will be mostly sunny.
- Mateo¡Qué bueno! Entonces no necesitamos paraguas.That's great! Then we don't need umbrellas.
- LucíaSí, solo un poco de protector solar.Yes, just a little bit of sunscreen.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries mayormente, CC BY-SA 4.0.
