Lightning in spanish

Relámpago

pronunciation: relɑmpɑgoʊ part of speech: noun
In gestures

lightning = rayo, relámpago. 

Example: The article is entitled 'Catch the lightning: keeping current with the Net'.

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» at the speed of lightning = a la velocidad del rayo.

Example: Full marks to the film's creators for balancing a vision of a peaceful world with an adventure story that takes us forward at the speed of lightning.

» bolt of lightning = rayo, relámpago.

Example: When they left it was tipping it down with rain, with bolts of lightning all around them, but on Sunday they woke up to glorious sunshine.

» flash of lightning = rayo, relámpago.

Example: Just count the number of seconds that pass between a flash of lightning and the crack of thunder that follows it, then divide that number by five.

» lightning bolt = rayo, relámpago.

Example: Most lightning bolts last just a few milliseconds and travel fewer than a dozen kilometers.

» lightning conductor = pararrayos.

Example: The fact that a building protected by lightning conductors is occasionally struck has given rise to a certain amount of popular scepticism as to their utility.

» lightning never strikes twice = las cosas sólo pasan una vez.

Example: Tall television towers and large skyscrapers blow the 'lightning never strikes twice' myth out of the water.

» lightning storm = tormenta eléctrica.

Example: Arizona has some of the most intense lightning storms in the country which can cause a surge of power that has the potential to destroy everything from your computers to your large machinery.

» lightning strike = rayo.

Example: Fire insurance policies discourage the planting of trees in towns and villages because of the fear of lightning strikes.

» lightning visit = visita relámpago.

Example: During her lightning visit to Sofia, she promised U.S. assistance equivalent to $30 million.

» like greased lightning = como un relámpago. [Referido a la velocidad]

Example: The idea came to her in a flash like greased lightning.

» sheet lightning = fucilazo, relámpagos difusos.

Example: It hit about 5 am this morning, with winds gusting to 70 mph, sheet lightning and rain by the bucketful.

» speed of lightning, the = velocidad del rayo, la.

Example: The ionisation in the air pulls off massive, if random charges so the speed of lightning is actually less than that of the speed of light.
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