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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| borrasca | |
| 1. n-f. squall, storm |
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