pedrisco

pedrisco

Old Spanish

Etymology

From piedra (“stone”) +‎ -isco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈdɾisko/

Noun

pedrisco m (plural pedriscos)

1. hail, hailstorm
   • c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 14v.

     I ẏo fare cras plouer pedriſco mui grát. e nó fue tal en egipto. des q́ fue poblada troa agora. e tu aplega todo lo tuẏo q́ es en el cápo. ¬ los q́ nó ſe acogieré alas caſas morrá del pedriſco.

     “[…] And tomorrow I will make it rain a great hailstorm such that Egypt has never seen since it was settled until now. And you, bring inside all that you have in the field. And those who do not take shelter in their homes will die from the hail.”

Related terms

• pedriscar

Descendants

• Spanish: pedrisco

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish pedrisco, from piedra (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈdɾisko/ [peˈð̞ɾis.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: pe‧dris‧co

Noun

pedrisco m (plural pedriscos)

1. hail (balls of ice)

   Synonym: granizo

Further reading

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