No. 453 in Spanish
verano
"Verano" means "summer" in English.
In a sentence
El verano es mi estación favorita del año.
Summer is my favorite season of the year.
In this sentence, 'verano' denotes the season of summer, one of the four seasons of the year.
Durante el verano, las temperaturas suelen ser muy altas.
During the summer, temperatures are usually very high.
Here, 'verano' is used to refer to the time of year associated with hot weather and summer activities.
En el verano de 1990, visité varios países europeos.
In the summer of 1990, I visited several European countries.
In this instance, 'verano' specifies a particular past summer, providing a temporal context for the described events.
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