tormenta

English

Noun

tormenta

1. plural of tormentum

Anagrams

• Metatron, no matter

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈmenta/ [t̪oɾˈmẽn̪.t̪a]

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormentes)

1. storm (disturbed state of the atmosphere)

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormentas)

1. storm

   Synonyms: tempestade, temporal, treboada

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, 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.

2. (dated) torment

   Synonym: tormento

Derived terms

• Tormentosa

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tormenta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tormenta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tormenta”, 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), “tormenta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tormenta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormente)

1. snowstorm
2. blizzard

Related terms

• tormento

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tormenta

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

Latin

Noun

tormenta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tormentum

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁˈmẽ.tɐ/ [toɦˈmẽ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁˈmẽ.tɐ/ [toɦˈmẽ.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /toɾˈmẽ.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toʁˈmẽ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toɻˈmẽ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾˈmẽ.tɐ/

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormentas)

1. storm

   Synonyms: tempestade, procela, temporal

2. commotion
3. torment

Related terms

• tormento

Etymology 2

Verb

tormenta

1. inflection of tormentar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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): /toɾˈmenta/ [t̪oɾˈmẽn̪.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -enta
• Syllabification: tor‧men‧ta

Noun

tormenta f (plural tormentas)

1. storm, thunderstorm, lightning storm

Derived terms

• tormenta de arena
• tormenta de citocinas
• tormenta de citoquinas
• tormenta de ideas
• tormenta de polvo
• tormenta ígnea

Related terms

• tormento

Further reading

• “tormenta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10