tempestare

Meaning

  1. (impersonal) to storm
  2. (archaic, intransitive) to be stormy or agitated (especially of a sea or lake)
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) to storm, to rage
  4. (intransitive) to deal forceful blows
  5. (figuratively, transitive) to forcefully hit
  6. (obsolete, transitive) to furiously mess up
  7. (transitive) to batter
  8. (excessive, transitive) to bombard (e.g., with questions)
  9. (transitive) to stud with gems

Translations

überflutten

πλημμυρίζω

faire de l’orage

s’agiter

se déchaîner

tomber dru

tomber en tempête

Hyphenated as
tem‧pe‧stà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tem.pesˈta.re/
Etymology

From tempesta (“storm”) + -are (1ˢᵗ-conjugation verbal suffix).

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