tronido
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *tronītus, from metathesis of Latin tonĭtrus. Doublet of estruendo, from a variant form preserving the original stress.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾoˈnido/ [t̪ɾoˈni.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: tro‧ni‧do
Noun
tronido m (plural tronidos)
- thunder
- Synonym: trueno
- fiasco
- Synonym: fracaso
- roar (loud noise)
- Synonyms: estruendo, estallido
Further reading
- “tronido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014