tormenta

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English

Noun

tormenta

  1. plural of tormentum

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormentes)

  1. storm (disturbed state of the atmosphere)

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tormenta ("storm", 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toɾˈmɛnta̝/, /toɾˈmenta̝/

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormentas)

  1. storm
    Synonyms: tempestade, temporal, treboada
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 286:
      Mays ouueron moy mao vento, que lles tolleu sua passagen, ca sse leuãtou hũa grã tormenta, fea et escura et pauorosa, que lles rreuolueu todo o mar et lles durou todo o día, tã braua que as naues ouueran de quebrar et de sse anegar a fondo.
      But they had many bad winds, that grabbed their passage, because a great storm raised, ugly and dark and dreadful, that make the sea rough and lasted for the whole day, so wild that the ships almost broke and sank to the bottom.
  2. (dated) torment
    Synonym: tormento

Derived terms

References

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormente)

  1. snowstorm
  2. blizzard

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tormenta

  1. inflection of tormentare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Noun

tormenta

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tormentum

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tormenta, tormẽta, from Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormentas)

  1. storm
    Synonyms: tempestade, procela, temporal
  2. commotion
  3. torment

Etymology 2

Verb

tormenta

  1. inflection of tormentar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum. The lack of a diphthong may be explained by influence from the learned borrowing tormento, or because it may have been a nautical loan from another language such as Portuguese tormenta, or possibly Old French (cf. modern French tourmente).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toɾˈmenta/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -enta
  • Syllabification: tor‧men‧ta

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormentas)

  1. storm, thunderstorm, lightning storm

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tormenta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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