Polyglot Dictionary

terremoto

/tereˈmoto/

el noun B1

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 terremotos

Meaning

  1. earthquake

    • El terremoto destruyó casas.

      The earthquake destroyed houses.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

sismo

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

Similar in other languages

French

séisme

séisme is the French word for the same thing — both mean "earthquake."

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 terremoto mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ destruyó casas.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches terremoto?

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