sismo
See also: sísmo and sismo-
Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós, “shaking, earthquake”), from σείω (seíō, “to shake”).
Pronunciation
- (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)
- seism; earthquake (shaking of the earth)
- Synonyms: terramoto, tremor de terra
Spanish
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
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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