Today's WOTD is: "tormenta" = storm
In
Spanish, the noun "tormenta" is a feminine
noun of Latin origin which means storm.
Some
commonly used expressions containing the words "tormenta"
are:
- Hacer frente a la tormenta (to weather the storm);
- Tormenta de granizo (hail/ hailstone storm);
- Tormenta de ideas* (brainstorm);
- Tormenta de nieve (snowstorm/ blizzard);
- Tormenta eléctrica (electrical storm);
- Tormenta en un vaso de agua (a storm in a teacup/ in a teapot);
*NB
Also commonly known as “lluvia de ideas”.
Some
examples of the use of the word "tormenta"
are:
- De esa forma hicimos frente a la tormenta (we weathered the storm that way);
- Una fuerte tormenta de granizo causó destrozos en los viñedos (a strong hail storm caused extensive damage to vineyards);
- Una gran tormenta de nieve azota el país (a huge snowstorm is battering the country);
- Presenciamos una aparatosa tormenta eléctrica (we witnessed a spectacular electrical storm);
- Eso no es más que una tormenta en un vaso de agua (that is nothing more than a storm in a teacup);
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in
the YouTube clip: TORMENTA SOLAR PODRIA ALTERAR LAS COMUNICACIONESENTRE EL 8 Y 9 DE JUNIO 2011
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