estrondo

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician estroydo, estrom (14th century, “racket”), perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *extronǐtus, or less likely *extronŏtus, from metathesis of Latin tonĭtrus (thunder). Compare Spanish estruendo.

Pronunciation

Noun

estrondo m (plural estrondos)

  1. noise, din, racket (deep, rumbling noise)
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana, page 325:
      toda a terra tremj́a en derredor dos estroydos dos caualos
      all the ground shook around the din of the horses
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 69:
      porlla villa onde ouuer mestre de fereiros ou de çapateiros ou de outros qualquer mestres que faça roido ou estrom.
      by the town, where there is a master smith or shoemaker or any other master [artisan] that makes noise or racket

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese estrondo, probably from a Vulgar Latin *extronitus, or less likely *extronotus, from metathesis of Latin tonitrus (thunder). Compare Spanish estruendo.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: es‧tron‧do

Noun

estrondo m (plural estrondos)

  1. boom; thunder (deep, rumbling noise)

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