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The Portuguese word for storm is
tempestade





storm

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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