How to Say "dry spell" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “dry spell” is “sequía” — C1 level.
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nounC1
a period without success or specific results
Examples
El delantero rompió su sequía de goles ayer.
The forward broke his goal drought yesterday.
La empresa atraviesa una sequía de ideas innovadoras.
The company is going through a dry spell of innovative ideas.
Llevo una sequía de victorias en este juego.
I'm on a losing streak (a drought of victories) in this game.
Using 'de' for context
When using the figurative meaning, we almost always follow it with 'de' and the thing that is missing (e.g., 'sequía de victorias', 'sequía de ideas').
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