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Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Monday November 17, 2008
cielo, noun:
sky; heaven
El cielo does double duty to cover the concept both of sky and of heaven.
No había ni una nube en el cielo.
There wasn’t a cloud in the sky.
Notice the phrase un cielo despejado a clear sky, a cloudless sky.
Cielo also refers to the religious idea of heaven. Notice the use of al in the next phrase:
ir al cielo
to go to heaven
Se ha ido al cielo a la edad de 6 años.
She’s gone to heaven at the age of 6.
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