trovão
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See also: trovaõ
Portuguese
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Metathetical alteration of Old Galician-Portuguese torvon (possibly influenced by troar (“to thunder”)), from Vulgar Latin *turbōnem (“whirlwind”), alteration of Latin turbinem. Compare Galician trebón, Spanish turbión (archaic or dialectal turbón). Doublet of turbina, from ultimately the same Latin root, through French, and turbo.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: tro‧vão
Noun
[edit]trovão m (plural trovões)
- thunder (the sound caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge)
- thunder (sound resembling thunder)
- Synonyms: estardalhaço, estrépito, estrondo, fragor, ribombo
Derived terms
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese doublets
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Sound
- pt:Weather