terremoto

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin terraemotus.

Noun

terremoto m (plural terremotos)

  1. earthquake
    Synonyms: sismo, terramoto

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terraemotus.

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

Noun

terremoto m (plural terremoti)

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /te.ʁeˈmɔ.tu/ [te.heˈmɔ.tu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /te.ʁeˈmɔ.tu/ [te.χeˈmɔ.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /te.ʁeˈmɔ.to/ [te.heˈmɔ.to]

  • Hyphenation: ter‧re‧mo‧to

Noun

terremoto m (plural terremotos) (Brazilian spelling)

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

Noun

terremoto m (plural terremotos)

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

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