Expressions
of time and date can also refer to seasons
En
otoño las hojas de los árboles
se caen.
= In autumn the leafs of the trees fall
down.
En verano voy a nadar.
= In summer I go swimming.
Hasta el invierno
todo tendrá que estar terminado. = Until
winter it has to be finished.
A partir de otoño
no tendremos dinero.
= From autumn on, we do not have money.
In connection with prepositions the logic is - once
again - the same as in English.
preposition (+ article) + season
The article can be used but it's no must. Google's
statistics indicates that it is often used in Spanish.
The
four seasons
el otoño = autumn | el invierno =
winter | la
primavera = spring | el
verano = summer
Examples
En
otoño comienza a hacer frío.
= In (the) autumn it starts to get cold.
Hasta el invierno tenemos
que terminar.
= Until the winter we have to be finished.
La mejor época
para ponerse la vacuna contra la gripe es
a comienzos del otoño.
= The best period to get a vaccination against
the flue is the beginning of the autumn.
La caza esta permitida
por lo general desde el otoño hasta
el invierno.
= In general hunting is allowed from autumn
to winter.
De Robien confirma
que la privatización de Air France
será a partir del verano o del otoño.
= De Robien confirms that the privatisation
of Air France will be from summer or autumn
on.
Esto cambió a
partir del verano del 2000.
= This changed
from the summer 2000 on.
