trovão

Meaning

1. (masculine) thunder (the sound caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge)
2. (masculine) thunder (sound resembling thunder)

Concepts

thunder

🌩️

booming

lightning

thunderbolt

thunderclap

thundering

thunderstorm

bolt

bolt of lightning

Synonyms

raio

relâmpago

trovoadas

ribombo

Translations

donder

🌩️

tonnerre

🌩️

trueno

🌩️

Donner

🌩️

tuono

🌩️

tro

🌩️

βροντή

tron

رعد

🌩️

tonitrus

🌩️

tonus

fulmine

saetta

folgore

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɾoˈvɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: turbo

Cognate with Galician: trebón

Cognate with Spanish: turbión

In summary

Metathetical alteration of Old Galician-Portuguese torvon (possibly influenced by troar (“to thunder”)), from Vulgar Latin *turbōnem (“whirlwind”), alteration of Latin turbinem. Compare Galician trebón, Spanish turbión (archaic or dialectal turbón). Doublet of turbina, from ultimately the same Latin root, through French, and turbo.