Polyglot Dictionary

sismo

/ˈsismo/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los sismos

Meaning

  1. earthquake

    • Hubo un sismo.

      There was an earthquake.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

terremoto

sismo is more scientific or Latin American; terremoto is more common or general — both mean "earthquake."

Similar in other languages

French

tremblement de terre

tremblement de terre is the French word for the same thing — both mean "earthquake."

Portuguese

terremoto

terremoto is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "earthquake."

Practice

1 What does sismo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hubo un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches sismo?

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