sismo

See also: sísmo and sismo-

Galician

Noun

sismo m (plural sismos)

1. earthquake

Synonyms

• (earthqueake): terramoto, terremoto

Italian

Noun

sismo m (plural sismi)

1. Alternative form of sisma

Anagrams

• Misso, misso, missò, mossi

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós, “shaking, earthquake”), from σείω (seíō, “to shake”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʒ.mu/

• Homophone: cismo
• Hyphenation: sis‧mo

Noun

sismo m (plural sismos)

1. seism; earthquake (shaking of the earth)

   Synonyms: terramoto, tremor de terra

Spanish

Alternative forms

• seísmo (Spain)

Etymology

Shortened from seísmo, from Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós, “shaking, earthquake”), from σείω (seíō, “to shake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsismo/ [ˈsiz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: sis‧mo

Noun

sismo m (plural sismos)

1. earthquake

   Synonyms: (Latin America) temblor, terremoto

Derived terms

• sísmico
• sismógrafo
• sismología
• sismólogo
• sismómetro

 

Further reading

• “sismo”, 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