Polyglot Dictionary

terremoto

/texeˈmɔtu/

o 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
os terremotos

Meaning

  1. earthquake

    • Houve um terremoto.

      There was an earthquake.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Erdbeben

Erdbeben is the German word for the same thing — both mean "earthquake."

Spanish

sismo

sismo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "earthquake."

Spanish

terremoto

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

French

séisme

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

Practice

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2 Fill the gap: Houve um ___.

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