tempestade

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tempestade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tempestās, tempestātem. Cognate with Portuguese tempestade and Spanish tempestad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tempɛsˈtade/ [t̪em.pɛs̺ˈt̪a.ð̞ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ade
• Hyphenation: tem‧pes‧ta‧de

Noun

tempestade f (plural tempestades)

1. storm, tempest

   Synonyms: temporal, tormenta

   • 1360, E. Cal Pardo, editor, De Viveiro en la Edad Media, Estudios Mindonienses, 7, page 143:

     nen a tenpestade nen a geada nen a pedraço nen a esterilidade nen a outra perda algua que aynda que a y aia que ha sofran en sy et non leixen por ende de pagar a dita renda, saluo se lla tomase ou mandase tomar el Rey

     nor for tempest, nor for freeze, nor for hail, nor for sterility, nor for any other loss, that if it ever happen that they should endure it, and never to stop paying that rent, except if taken or ordered to be taken by the King

2. (figuratively) disruption, chaos

   Synonyms: disrupción, caos

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tempestade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tempestade”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tempestade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tempestade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tempestade”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tempestade, from Latin tempestātem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽ.pesˈta.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽ.pesˈta.d͡ʒi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tẽ.peʃˈta.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽ.pɨʃˈta.dɨ/ [tẽ.pɨʃˈta.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽ.pɨʃˈta.dɨ/ [tẽ.pɨʃˈta.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽ.pɨʃˈta.dɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
• Hyphenation: tem‧pes‧ta‧de

Noun

tempestade f (plural tempestades)

1. storm (disturbed state of the atmosphere)

   Synonyms: tormenta, intempérie, temporal

Related terms

• tempo

Further reading

• “tempestade”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tempestade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026