sismo
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Galician
Noun
sismo m (plural sismos)
Synonyms
Italian
Noun
sismo m (plural sismi)
- Alternative form of sisma
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós, “shaking, earthquake”), from σείω (seíō, “to shake”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sismo m (plural sismos)
- seism; earthquake (shaking of the earth)
- Synonyms: terramoto, tremor de terra
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Shortened from seísmo, from Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós, “shaking, earthquake”), from σείω (seíō, “to shake”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sismo m (plural sismos)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28