pedrisco

From piedra (“stone”) +‎ -isco.

• IPA^(key): /peˈdɾisko/

pedrisco m (plural pedriscos)

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

     I ẏo fare cras plouer pedriſco mui grãt. e nõ fue tal en egipto. des q̃ fue poblada troa agora. e tu aplega todo lo tuẏo q̃ es en el cãpo. ⁊ los q̃ nõ ſe acogierẽ alas caſas morrã 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.”

• pedriscar

• Spanish: pedrisco

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

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

pedrisco m (plural pedriscos)

1. hail (balls of ice)

   Synonym: granizo

• “pedrisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024