cascade

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
2. A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
3. A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next.
4. A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
5. A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation).
6. A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.
7. A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next

Verb

1. To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
2. To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.
3. To occur as a causal sequence.
4. (slang) To vomit.

Conceptos

cascada

catarata

salto de agua

chorro

caída del agua

chorrea

fuente

pequeño lago

surtidor de agua

caer el agua

caer el agua en cascada

chorrear

surgir

despeñarse

aguacero

chaparrón

ducha

lluvia

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kæsˈkeɪd/

Etimología (Inglés)

From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.