cold snap

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Noun

cold snap (plural cold snaps)

1. (idiomatic) A short and sudden period of cold weather.

   Synonyms: cold wave, cold spell

   A recent cold snap damaged citrus crops.

Translations

period of cold weather — see also cold wave

• Catalan: ona de fred f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寒流 (zh) (hánliú)

• Dutch: koudegolf c
• Finnish: pakkasjakso (sub-zero temperature), takatalvi (fi) (especially during spring), kylmäaalto
• French: coup de froid (fr) m, vague de froid (fr) f
• Galician: vaga de frío
• German: Kälteeinbruch (de) m, Kältewelle (de)
• Irish: tréimhse fhuar f
• Northern Sami: buolaš
• Russian: за́морозок (ru) m (zámorozok)
• Spanish: ola de frío f
• Swedish: köldknäpp (sv)

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