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Spanish is spoken by about 364 million people worldwide, making it the most popular Romance language
Spanish compares very well with Italian: both languages have a similar sound and do not differ very much in terms of grammar, vocabulary and morphology
Up until 1987, Spanish was the official language of the Philippines
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La información del tiempo prevista para hoy, anuncia cielos soleados en el sur por la mañana, pero por la tarde en algunas zonas va a estar nublado, con concentraciones de nubes en el interior que pueden dejar algunas lluvias. Las temperaturas van a ser moderadamente altas para esta época del año, entre veinte y veinticinco grados centígrados.
En la zona central del país las temperaturas van a bajar desde el viernes. Pero hasta entonces van a seguir las lluvias intermitentes, con riesgo de chubascos en las montañas. La temperatura rondará los quince grados, pero por la noche pueden alcanzar bajadas muy bruscas hasta los cero grados.
En el norte el tiempo esta muy revuelto por los efectos del anticiclón presente en el norte de Europa.
Por la zona oeste nevara por encima de los mil metros, con fuertes ráfagas de viento. Las temperaturas son muy bajas, entre menos cinco y cero grados bajo cero.
Por el noreste va a llover muy fuerte y hay peligro de tormentas eléctricas junto a las costas, con fuertes truenos y rayos. Por eso recomendamos permanecer en alerta y no abandonar los sitios seguros. Las temperaturas de esta zona, en cambio, no van a variar en gran medida y van a estar en torno a los ocho y diez grados.
Para los próximos días, esperamos una pequeña mejora en el norte, pero a partir del viernes el tiempo empeorará.
Sólo en el sur podremos disfrutar de la llegada de la primavera.
Este año parece que el invierno va a ser mas largo por la mitad y norte del país.
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