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hail

/heɪl/ sustantivo C1

En español: granizo, pedrisco, cascarrina, pedrisquero

  1. Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. (uncountable)
  2. An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm. (countable)
  3. A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects. (countable)

Plural hails

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De la biblioteca

It seems that both the victims belonged, in their younger days, to the Latter Day Saints, and Hope, the deceased prisoner, hails also from Salt Lake City.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 86 · B2
Oppress not the cubs of the stranger, but hail them as Sister and Brother, For though they are little and fubsy, it may be the Bear is their mother.
The Jungle Book, p. 29 · B2
“Why,” said Dantès, “if in two or three days you hail any fishing-boat, desire them to come here to me.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 252 · C1
In the first, blazed piles of golden coin; in the second, were ranged bars of unpolished gold, which possessed nothing attractive save their value; in the third, Edmond grasped handfuls of diamonds, pearls, and rubies, which, as they fell on one another, sounded like hail against glass.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 263 · C1

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