tempestade

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Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tempestade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tempestās, tempestātem. Cognate with Portuguese tempestade and Spanish tempestad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tempɛsˈtade/
  • Rhymes: -ade
  • Hyphenation: tem‧pes‧ta‧de

Noun

tempestade f (plural tempestades)

  1. storm, tempest
    Synonyms: temporal, tormenta
    • 1360, E. Cal Pardo, editor, De Viveiro en la Edad Media, Estudios Mindonienses, 7, page 143:
      nen a tenpestade nen a geada nen a pedraço nen a esterilidade nen a outra perda algua que aynda que a y aia que ha sofran en sy et non leixen por ende de pagar a dita renda, saluo se lla tomase ou mandase tomar el Rey
      nor for tempest, nor for freeze, nor for hail, nor for sterility, nor for any other loss, that if it ever happen that they should endure it, and never to stop paying that rent, except if taken or ordered to be taken by the King
  2. (figuratively) disruption, chaos
    Synonyms: disrupción, caos

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tempestade, from Latin tempestātem.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
  • Hyphenation: tem‧pes‧ta‧de

Noun

tempestade f (plural tempestades)

  1. storm (disturbed state of the atmosphere)
    Synonyms: tormenta, intempérie, temporal