The Portuguese word for storm is
tempestade
Gender
The gender of tempestade is feminine. E.g. a tempestade.Portuguese Definition
storm | |
1. Substantivo. (Meteorologia) tempestade, tormenta: | |
Small boats should stay off the water tonight because we are expecting a storm. (Barcos pequenos devem ficar fora d'água hoje à noite porque uma tempestade é esperada.) | |
2. Substantivo. (Meteorologia) categoria de intensidade para ventos equivalente a 10 ou mais na escala de Beaufort | |
3. Substantivo. (Militar) ataque violento a uma fortificação | |
4. Verbo. mover-se de forma repentina e ruidosa, geralmente em estado de fúria: | |
She stormed out of the room. (Ela saiu apressadamente do quarto.) | |
5. Verbo. (militar) invadir, atacar com forças militares: | |
Troops stormed the complex. (Tropas invadiram o complexo.) |
Translations for storm and their definitions
tormenta | |
1. n-f. storm | |
2. n-f. commotion | |
3. n-f. torment |
tempestade | |
1. n-f. storm (disturbed state of the atmosphere) |
intempérie | |
1. n-f. (usually in plural) any destructive weather event |
vendaval | |
1. n-m. (meteorology) windstorm, gale | |
2. n-m. , t=The candidate, who many thought had already won even before Election Day, given the polls propelling her forwards like an unstoppable windstorm, apologised to her supporters for not having broken | |
3. n-m. (figuratively) tumult |
irromper | |
1. v. to storm, to burst (to move quickly and noisily into our out of place) | |
2. v. to break out (to emerge suddenly) |
borrasca | |
1. n-f. squall, storm |
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