temblor

  • 51temblor — sustantivo masculino 1) trepidación, estremecimiento. 2) terremoto, sacudida, convulsión. * * * Sinónimos: ■ estremecimiento, convulsión, agitación …

    Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos

  • 52temblor —  not trem , for an earthquake …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 53temblor —    not trem , for an earthquake. It is etymologically related to tremble but lost its initial r while passing through Spanish (as temblar) before finding its way into American English in the late nineteenth century. Note that the word is not… …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 54temblor — n. (USA) earthquake; earth tremor, tremblor …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 55temblor — m. Movimiento involuntario, repetido. Terremoto …

    Diccionario Castellano

  • 56temblor — [tɛm blɔ:] noun US an earthquake. Origin C19: from Amer. Sp …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 57temblor — tem·blor …

    English syllables

  • 58temblor — tem•blor [[t]ˈtɛm blər, blɔr[/t]] sp. [[t]tɛmˈblɔr[/t]] n. pl. blors, Sp. blo•res [[t] ˈblɔ rɛs[/t]] gel fot a tremor; earthquake • Etymology: 1895–1900, amer.; < Sp: lit., a quaking =tembl(ar) to quake + or or I …

    From formal English to slang

  • 59temblor — /ˈtɛmblə/ (say tembluh), / blɔ/ (say blaw) noun (plural temblors /ˈtɛmbləz/ (say tembluhz) or temblores /tɛmˈblɔreɪz/ (say tem blawrayz)) Chiefly US a tremor; an earthquake. {Spanish, from temblar tremble, from Romance tremulāre, from Latin… …

  • 60temblor — noun shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity • Syn: ↑earthquake, ↑quake, ↑seism • Derivationally related forms: ↑seismic (for: ↑seism), ↑ …

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