terremoto

Galician

Alternative forms

• terramoto

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin terraemotus.

Noun

terremoto m (plural terremotos)

1. earthquake

   Synonyms: sismo, terramoto

Italian

Alternative forms

• tremuoto, tremoto (obsolete, literary)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terraemotus.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Noun

terremoto m (plural terremoti)

1. (geology) earthquake, quake

   Synonym: sisma

2. (figurative) havoc, chaos, uproar

Derived terms

• terremotare
• terremotato

 

Related terms

• terra

See also

• maremoto

Anagrams

• otterremo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• terramoto (Portugal)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.ʁeˈmɔ.tu/ [te.heˈmɔ.tu]

• (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]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.ʁɨˈmɔ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɔtu
• Hyphenation: ter‧re‧mo‧to

Noun

terremoto m (plural terremotos) (chiefly Brazilian Portuguese spelling, dated in Portugal)

1. (seismology) earthquake

   Synonyms: abalo, abalo sísmico, sismo, tremor, tremor de terra

   Coordinate term: maremoto

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian terremoto or Latin terraemōtus.

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

Further reading

• “terremoto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16