snowball

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsnəʊbɔːl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsnoʊˌbɔl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(snō′bôl′)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
snowball n (ball of snow)bola de nieve grupo nom
 A snowball hit me in the face and knocked my glasses off.
 Una bola de nieve me golpeó en la cara y me rompió los anteojos.
snowball n US (dessert: crushed ice)granizado nm
  (MX, CO)raspado nm
 Snowballs taste great on a hot summer day.
 El granizado sabe mejor en un día caluroso de verano.
snowball⇒ vi figurative (grow increasingly quickly)aumentar⇒ vtr
  agravar⇒ vtr
 With inflation snowballing, people are starting to hoard cash.
 Con la inflación aumentando, la gente está empezando a abastecerse de efectivo.
snowball n (drink made with advocaat) (bebida, voz inglesa)snowball nm
 The woman asked the bartender for a snowball.
 La mujer le pidió al barman un snowball.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
guelder rose,
cranberry bush,
snowball bush n		 (shrub)sauquillo nm
  bola de nieve loc nom f
  mundillo nm
snowball fight n (game: throwing balls of snow)guerra de nieve nf + loc adj
  batalla con bolas de nieve nf + loc adj
  pelotazos de nieve nmpl + loc adj
 Snowball fights are not permitted in the school playground in case a child gets injured.
 No están permitidas las guerras de nieve en el patio de la escuela, por si algún niño de lastima.
a snowball's chance in hell expr (no chance at all)no tener ninguna posibilidad loc verb
  no tener ni la más mínima posibilidad loc verb
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'snowball' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
Spanish:
bola de nieve - piragua


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