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En ligero


fglorca February 13, 2017 05:44 AM

En ligero
 
Por la noche, temperaturas en ligero a moderado descenso en el centro y norte peninsular quedándose por debajo de los dos dígitos en Burgos con 8°, León con 7° y Soria con 9°.

I’m looking for help with this expression:
…temperaturas en ligero a moderado descenso…

Could it mean:
…temperature falling moderately…

Perikles February 13, 2017 07:40 AM

.... temperatures falling lightly to moderately.... (in light to moderate descent)

AngelicaDeAlquezar February 13, 2017 08:16 PM

I agree with Perikles.
It could be reworded as: "...temperaturas en descenso de ligero a moderado". The altered order of the adjectives was done because the writer must have felt it sounded more literary like that, I suppose.

fglorca February 14, 2017 12:00 AM

Many thanks, guys.


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