terremoto

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terraemotus.

Noun

terremoto m (plural terremotos)

  1. earthquake
    Synonyms: sismo, terramoto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin terraemotus, possibly a borrowing. Cf. tremuoto, the form that Dante used, which was inherited[1][2].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ter.reˈmɔ.to/
  • Hyphenation: ter‧re‧mò‧to

Noun

terremoto m (plural terremoti)

  1. (geology) earthquake, quake
    Synonym: sisma
  2. (figuratively) havoc, chaos, uproar

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. http://www.lessicografia.it/Controller?lemma=TREMUOTO%2C+e+TREMOTO
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=0vBfARKhLhwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Anagrams

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terraemotus, from terrae (“earth”) +‎ mōtus (“movement”).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌte.ʁe.ˈmɔ.tu/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌte.he.ˈmɔ.to/
  • Hyphenation: ter‧re‧mo‧to

Noun

terremoto m (plural terremotos)

  1. (Brazil, seismology) earthquake
    Synonyms: abalo, abalo sísmico, sismo, tremor, tremor de terra
    Coordinate term: maremoto

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian terremoto, or borrowed from Latin terraemotus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tereˈmoto/, [t̪ereˈmot̪o]

Noun

terremoto m (plural terremotos)

  1. earthquake
    Synonyms: seísmo, sismo, temblor de tierra, temblor
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