temblor

English

Etymology

From Latin American Spanish temblor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɛmˈblɔː/

Noun

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.

Translations

earthquake — see earthquake

See also

• tremor

Spanish

Etymology

From temblar.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• temblor esencial
• temblor secundario (“aftershock”)

 

Further reading

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