meses de invierno
/meses de imbjeɾno/from spelling rules
The English phrase "winter months" is translated into Spanish as meses de invierno.
meses de invierno is used to refer to the months of the year when the weather is coldest.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of meses (months), de (of) and invierno (winter).
How does it change in a sentence?
To refer to a single winter month, use the singular form mes de invierno.
How do you pronounce it?
/meses de imbjeɾno/
Did you know?
- In some Spanish-speaking regions, people use the term invierno to refer to the rainy season rather than the coldest temperature.
- The word invierno was reanalyzed over time to look like it contains the prefix in-, though it originally comes from the Latin hībernum.
- The word invierno is a distant cousin to the English word 'hibernate'. Both words trace back to the same Proto-Indo-European root describing the act of spending the winter.
Examples in context
- Tom siempre se siente deprimido durante los fríos meses de invierno.Tom always feels depressed during the cold winter months.This sentence shows how to describe feelings during the cold meses de invierno.Tatoeba #1189487 by nancy, translation #1027179 by CK
- Los meses de invierno son ideales para practicar deportes de nieve.The winter months are ideal for practicing winter sports
- Prefiero viajar en verano, no en los meses de invierno.I prefer to travel in summer, not in the winter months.
- Los meses de invierno son muy lluviosos aquí.The winter months are very rainy here.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, invierno, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
