temblor

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin American Spanish temblor.

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Noun

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temblor (plural temblors or temblores)

  1. (US, Philippines) An earthquake.
    • 2006, Louise Chipley Slavicek, The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Of 1906, page 107:
      Ever since the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906, scientists have been warning that it is just a matter of time before another major temblor strikes the Bay Area.
    • 2018 November 10, “4.3-magnitude earthquake rocks Taiwan's Chiayi”, in Taiwan News[1], archived from the original on 10 November 2018, Environment‎[2]:
      The earthquake's intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a temblor, was measured 4 on Taiwan's 7-tiered intensity scale in Yichu, 3 in Chiayi City and Tainan City's Chiali, as well as 2 in Yunlin County's Touliu City and Shuilin.
    • 2022 December 8, Marc Jayson Cayabyab, “PNR suspends trips due to earthquake”, in The Philippine Star:
      PNR trips were suspended at past 1 p.m. after the temblor struck Camarines Norte, but was felt in the city of Manila at Intensity 3.
    • 2023 October 8, Thomas L. Friedman, “Israel’s Worst Day at War”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN:
      Ukraine was already dealing with the temblors in the U.S. government.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From temblar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /temˈbloɾ/ [t̪ẽmˈbloɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: tem‧blor

Noun

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temblor m (plural temblores)

  1. tremor (i.e. involuntary vibration from illness or fear)
  2. tremble, trembling, shaking, quivering
  3. tremor, earthquake, quake, temblor (usually a light one)
    Synonyms: seísmo, sismo, temblor de tierra, terremoto

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