terremoto

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin terraemotus.

Noun

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terremoto m (plural terremotos)

  1. earthquake
    Synonyms: sismo, terramoto

Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin terraemotus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ter.reˈmɔ.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɔto
  • Hyphenation: ter‧re‧mò‧to
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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terremoto m (plural terremoti)

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

Derived terms

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See also

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Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ter‧re‧mo‧to

Noun

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terremoto m (plural terremotos) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian terremoto, or borrowed from Latin terraemotus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tereˈmoto/ [t̪e.reˈmo.t̪o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification: te‧rre‧mo‧to

Noun

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terremoto m (plural terremotos)

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

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