tormenta

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormentes)

1. storm (disturbed state of the atmosphere)

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese tormenta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈmɛnta̝/, /toɾˈmenta̝/

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormentas)

1. storm
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 286:

     Mays ouueron moy mao vento, que lles tolleu sua passagen, ca sse leuãtou hũa grã tormenta, fea et escura et pauorosa, que lles rreuolueu todo o mar et lles durou todo o día, tã braua que as naues ouueran de quebrar et de sse anegar a fondo.

     But they had many bad winds, that grabbed their passage, because a great storm raised, ugly and dark and dreadful, that make the sea rough and lasted for the whole day, so wild that the ships almost broke and sank to the bottom.

   Synonyms: tempestade, temporal, treboada

2. (dated) torment

   Synonym: tormento

Derived terms

• Tormentosa

References

• “tormenta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “tormenta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “tormenta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “tormenta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tormenta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.

Verb

tormenta

1. third-person singular present indicative of tormentare
2. second-person singular imperative of tormentare

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormente)

1. snowstorm
2. blizzard

Related terms

• tormento

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Latin

Noun

tormenta

1. nominative plural of tormentum
2. accusative plural of tormentum
3. vocative plural of tormentum

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tormenta, tormẽta, from Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾˈmẽtɐ/

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormentas)

1. storm

   Synonyms: tempestade, procela, temporal

2. commotion
3. torment

Related terms

• tormento

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum. The lack of a diphthong may be explained by influence from the learned borrowing tormento, or because it may have been a nautical loan from another language such as Portuguese tormenta, or possibly Old French (cf. modern French tourmente).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torˈmenta/, [t̪orˈmẽn̪t̪a]

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormentas)

1. storm, thunderstorm, lightning storm

Derived terms

• tormenta de polvo
• tormenta ígnea

 

Related terms

• tormento

Further reading

• “tormenta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.