Polyglot Dictionary

tormenta

/toɾˈmẽtɐ/

a 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
as tormentas

Meaning

  1. storm

    • Enfrentou a tormenta.

      He faced the storm.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

tempestade

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

temporal

temporal and tormenta are close synonyms for "storm"; temporal is more about a storm system with heavy rain.

Similar in other languages

German

Sturm

Sturm is the German word for the same thing — both mean "storm."

Spanish

borrasca

borrasca is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "storm."

Practice

1 What does tormenta mean?

2 Fill the gap: Enfrentou a ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tormenta?

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