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"Granizado" is a form of "granizado", a noun which is often translated as "iced drink". "Con hielo" is a phrase which is often translated as "with ice". Learn more about the difference between "granizado" and "con hielo" below.
el granizado(
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)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
a. iced drink
Tomaré un granizado de naranja para combatir el calor.I will have an iced orange drink to fight the heat.
b. slush
Será mejor que te tomes el granizado cuanto antes porque si no se va a derretir.You'd better drink your slush soon or it'll melt.
c. slushy
Un granizado fresquito es lo mejor que puedes beber en verano.A cool slushy is the best drink you can have in the summer.
d. slushie
Me gusta hacer granizados caseros de cereza y de limón.I like to prepare homemade cherry and lemon slushies.
a. type of crispy chocolate chip ice cream
Me gusta la ensalada de frutas con helado granizado.I like fruit salad with a type of crispy chocolate chip ice cream.
b. stracciatella
¿Probaste el granizado de esta heladería? Es el gusto más rico.Did you try the stracciatella at this ice-cream parlor? It's their best flavor.
3. (culinary) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. snowcone (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
No quiero helado, prefiero un granizado.I don't want an ice-cream. I'd rather have a snowcone.
con hielo(
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)A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).
1. (general)
b. on the rocks
¿Qué vas tomar? - Un whisky con hielo.What are you having? - A whiskey on the rocks.
