trovão

See also: trovaõ

Portuguese

Trovões

Alternative forms

• trovaõ (obsolete)

Etymology

Metathetical alteration of Old Galician-Portuguese torvon (possibly influenced by troar (“to thunder”)), from Vulgar Latin *turbōnem (“whirlwind”), alteration of Latin turbinem. Compare Galician trebón, Spanish turbión (archaic or dialectal turbón). Doublet of turbina, from ultimately the same Latin root, through French, and turbo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾoˈvɐ̃w̃/ [tɾoˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈvɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈvɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈbɐ̃w̃/ [tɾuˈβɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: tro‧vão

Noun

trovão m (plural trovões)

1. thunder (the sound caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge)

   Synonyms: (Beira) trovejada, trovoada

2. thunder (sound resembling thunder)

   Synonyms: estardalhaço, estrépito, estrondo, fragor, ribombo

Derived terms

• trovejada
• trovejado
• trovejador
• trovejamento
• trovejante
• trovejantemente
• trovejar
• trovejo
• trovoada
• trovoante
• trovoar
• trovoento
• trovoso