nieve

• IPA^(key): /niːv/

nieve (plural nieves)

1. variant form of nief

• envie

• ñeve

From Latin nix, nivem.

nieve f (plural nieves)

1. snow

• nevar

nieve f (Latin spelling)

1. Alternative form of inyeve

Borrowed from Old Norse hnefi, nefi, of unknown origin.

• IPA^(key): [niːv], [nɛv]
• (Mid Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [nɪv]

nieve (plural nieves)

1. fist
2. handful, fistful

• nievel (“a sharp blow with the fist; to punch, pummel, batter; to grip, squeeze or pinch with the fingers”)

nieve (third-person singular present nieves, present participle nievin, past nievit, past participle nievit)

1. to open and close the hand spasmodically
2. (of fish) to catch in the hand

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjebe/, [ˈnjeβe]

From Latin nix, nivem, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs. Compare Italian neve, Portuguese neve, Walloon nive.

nieve f (plural nieves)

1. snow
2. (Mexico) ice cream

• aguanieve
• motonieve
• quitanieves

See the etymology of the main entry.

nieve

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of nevar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of nevar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of nevar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of nevar.

• “nieve” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.