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Word: infierno (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...that nobody is allowed to enter the canal to bathe; they don't stipulate that it is unlawful to get out of it." In the Paris zoo, penguins squatted on ice cakes. In Madrid, which justified its climatic reputation ("Nueve meses de invierno y tres meses de infierno"-nine months of winter and three months of hell), traffic cops performed their duties beneath specially issued red & white parasols...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATURE: The Heat of the Day | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

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