quake

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A trembling or shaking.
2. An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
3. (figuratively) Something devastating, like a strong earthquake.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To tremble or shake.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To be in a state of fear, shock, amazement, etc., such as might cause one to tremble.

Conceptos

temblar

terremoto

temblor

seísmo

estremecerse

sismo

temblar de frio

temblor de tierra

trepidar

tiritar

escalofrio

estremecer

Sinónimos

shake

🫨

tremble

quiver

shiver

tremor

earthquake

shudder

vibrate

trembling

shaking

🫨

temblor

quaver

palpitate

shock

⚡

wave

👋

quaking

seism

vibration

quivering

jolt

jolting

waggle

wag

rock

🪨

wigwag

shimmy

shake violently

rattle

flutter

swing

bump

tumble

vibes

vibrating

wabble

waddle

waver

wiggle

wobble

pendulate

beat fast

tremulation

vibra

vibrance

fear

😨

tremblor

seismic disturbance

start with fear

oscillating motion

oscillating movement

Traducciones

trembler

terremoto

beben

zittern

séisme

tremer

Erdbeben

sisma

terremoto

σεισμός

aardbeving

tremare

τρέμω

beven

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kweɪk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: quaken

Heredado de inglés antiguo: cwacian

Cognado con inglés antiguo: cweċċan

Cognado con neerlandés: kwakkelen

Cognado con alemán: Quackelei

Cognado con danés: kvakle

Cognado con latín: vexō

Cognado con irlandés: bogadh

In summary

From Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną (“to shake, quiver, tremble”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (“to shake, swing”), related to Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”) (see quitch), Dutch kwakkelen (“to ail, be ailing”), German Quackelei (“chattering”), Danish kvakle (“to bungle”), Latin vexō (“toss, shake violently, jostle, vex”), Irish bogadh (“a move, movement, shift, change”).