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English
Etymology
From Latin American Spanish temblor.
Pronunciation
Noun
temblor (plural temblors or temblores)
- (US, Philippines) An earthquake.
2006, Louise Chipley Slavicek, The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Of 1906, page 107:Ever since the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906, scientists have been warning that it is just a matter of time before another major temblor strikes the Bay Area.
2018 November 10, “4.3-magnitude earthquake rocks Taiwan's Chiayi”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 10 November 2018, Environment:The earthquake's intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a temblor, was measured 4 on Taiwan's 7-tiered intensity scale in Yichu, 3 in Chiayi City and Tainan City's Chiali, as well as 2 in Yunlin County's Touliu City and Shuilin.
2023 October 8, Thomas L. Friedman, “Israel’s Worst Day at War”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:Ukraine was already dealing with the temblors in the U.S. government.
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Spanish
Etymology
From temblar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /temˈbloɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: tem‧blor
Noun
temblor m (plural temblores)
- tremor (i.e. involuntary vibration from illness or fear)
- tremble, trembling, shaking, quivering
- tremor, earthquake, quake, temblor (usually a light one)
- Synonyms: seísmo, sismo, temblor de tierra, terremoto
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