tiempo del verano
Old Spanish
Etymology
A compound akin to English summertime, from Old Spanish tiempo (“time; season”) + verano (“summer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtjẽm.po ðel βeˈɾa.no]
Noun
tiempo del verano m (usually uncountable)
- the summertime; summer
- c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 61v.
- ¬ quando ſe ſecan en tiempo del uerano, fallan y eſtas piedras.
- And when [the cisterns] dry up in the summertime, the stones may be found inside.
- ¬ quando ſe ſecan en tiempo del uerano, fallan y eſtas piedras.
- c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 61v.