Polyglot Dictionary

epicentro

/epiˈsẽtɾu/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os epicentros

Meaning

  1. epicenter

    • O epicentro do tremor ficou perto da costa.

      The epicenter of the quake was near the coast.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Termo técnico da sismologia, usado sobretudo em notícias sobre terremotos.

Practice

1 What does epicentro mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ do tremor ficou perto da costa.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches epicentro?

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