maremoto
Italian
editEtymology
editBlend of mare + moto, on the model of terremoto.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmaremoto m (plural maremoti)
References
editAnagrams
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: ma‧re‧mo‧to
Noun
editmaremoto m (plural maremotos)
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmaremoto m (plural maremotos)
Usage notes
editAlthough maremoto and tsunami are sometimes used as synonyms, maremoto refers to the agitation of seawater due to an underwater earthquake (a seaquake) and tsunami refers to the great waves caused by said phenomenon.[1]
References
edit- ^ “tsunami, mejor que sunami”, in FundéuRAE (Fundación del Español Urgente) [Foundation of Urgent Spanish] (in Spanish), Agencia EFE; Real Academia Española, 2011 April 2
Further reading
edit- “maremoto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Categories:
- Italian blends
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔto
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔto/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Geology
- Portuguese blends
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Geology
- Spanish blends
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/oto
- Rhymes:Spanish/oto/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Geology