furacão

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Portuguese

furacão

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish huracán, from Taíno *hurakā (hurricane).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: fu‧ra‧cão

Noun

furacão m (plural furacões)

  1. (meteorology) hurricane
    • 2017 October 14, Victor Ferreira, “Furacão Ophelia mergulhou ilha do Pico em chuva intensa e sobe para categoria 3”, in Público:
      O grupo central de ilhas do arquipélago dos Açores está a ser fustigado pelas chuvas que acompanham o trajecto do furacão Ophelia através do Oceano Atlântico. Na ilha do Pico, uma das cinco que compõem o grupo central, em apenas cinco horas caíram 51 litros de água por metro quadrado []
      The central group of islands in the Azores archipelago is being battered by the rains that accompany Hurricane Ophelia's path across the Atlantic Ocean. On the island of Pico, one of the five that make up the central group, 51 liters of water fell per square meter in just five hours