Polyglot Dictionary

tempestade

/tẽpesˈtadʒi/

a noun B1

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
as tempestades

Meaning

  1. storm

    • Vem uma tempestade.

      A storm is coming.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

tormenta

tormenta is more literary or intense, a tempest, and can be figurative, like emotional turmoil; tempestade is the everyday word — both mean "storm."

Similar in other languages

French

orage

orage is the French word for the same thing — both mean "storm."

French

tempête

tempête is the French word for the same thing — both mean "storm."

Practice

1 What does tempestade mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vem uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tempestade?

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