Storm in spanish
pronunciation: toʊɹ̩mentɑ part of speech: noun
storm1 = tormenta, temporal, tempestad.
Example: In another example we find: 361 SOCIAL RELIEF IN GENERAL .9 Relief or aid in emergencies, disasters .91 Earthquakes, storms, hurricanes .92 floods .93 War, civil war .94 Epidemics .95 Famine .96 fires, conflagrations.more:
» be caught in a storm = verse atrapado en una tormenta.
Example: To reduce your risk of being caught in a storm, keep a close tab on the weather report.» brainstorm = tormenta de ideas, confrontación de ideas, aportación de ideas, bombardeo de ideas.
Example: The article 'Creating an e-mail brainstorm' describes the attempts to involve all library staff at an academic library in the USA in providing ideas for a new strategic plan.» cause + a storm = armar un revuelo.
Example: In 2008 she caused a storm by suggesting that homosexuals should seek psychiatric counselling.» create + a storm = armar un revuelo, causar (un) revuelo.
Example: Selection of books for review sometimes causes controversy as to why some are reviewed and others not and the reviews themselves can create minor storms in the book world if it is felt they are prejudiced or spiteful.» dust storm = tormenta de arena, tormenta de polvo.
Example: Dust storms usually arrive suddenly in the form of an advancing wall of dust and debris which may be miles long and several thousand feet high.» dust storm + loom in the horizon = nubarrones + formarse en el horizonte. [Sentido figurado]
Example: It is likely that the library manager who chooses to wait for the dust to settle will find yet another dust storm looming on the horizon.» electrical storm = tormenta eléctrica.
Example: Electrical storms occur most often during warm days in the late afternoons and early evenings.» eye of the storm, the = ojo de la tormenta, el.
Example: The title of the article is 'Authority control -- the view from the eye of the storm'.» firestorm [fire storm] = tormenta, tormenta causada por un incendio.
Example: He claims that the press campaign he is about to unleash will be a 'publicity firestorm'.» flash storm = tormenta.
Example: Weeks have passed, weeks spent watching weather through windows, flash storms, incessant rains -- and now the first snow.» flash storm flood = riada.
Example: Then in July a flash storm flood washed out all the roads at our cottage in Haliburton and our long path to the lake.» gale storm = temporal, tormenta.
Example: I have watched seagulls having a ball in the midst of a gale storm -- twirling, twisting, gliding, and just going with the flow.» gathering storm = amenaza de tormenta, tormenta que se avecina.
Example: 'The Gathering Storm' is a beautifully composed and photographed production concentrating on the years in the 1930s when Churchill's career hit rock-bottom.» go down + a storm = causar furor, causar sensación, ser todo un éxito, ser todo un exitazo.
Example: The new single was a bit of game-changer for us as a band and it went down a storm with the fans.» gusty storm = tormenta con vientos racheados, tormenta con vientos fuertes.
Example: Heavy and gusty storms will put a damper on the end of the weekend in parts of Texas.» hailstorm = granizada, tormenta de granizo, pedrisco.
Example: The best way to keep safe in hailstorms is to immediately seek shelter.» heavy storm = fuerte tormenta, fuerte temporal.
Example: A heavy storm sent a wall of water rushing down the river while most campers were sleeping, leaving them scrambling in the dark for safety .» ice storm = tormenta de aguanieve, tormenta de lluvia helada.
Example: I heard crackling that sounded just like the saplings breaking in the ice storm we had last year.» in the eye of the storm = en el ojo del huracán.
Example: Finally, we cannot help being excited by the fact that we, as a profession, find ourselves, for better or worse, embedded in the eye of the storm of significant change.» kick up + a storm = montar un número, montar un cirio, armar un escándalo, armar un lío, armar una bronca, armar la de San Quintín, armar bulla, hacer bulla, meter bulla, armarla, poner el grito en el cielo, ponerse (hecho/como) un energúmeno, ponerse (como/hecho) un diablo, llevar a Uno el diablo, llevar a Uno (todos) los diablos, ponerse (hecho/como) un demonio, llevar a Uno el demonio, llevar a Uno (todos) los demonios.
Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon.» 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.» paper storm, the = invasión del papel, la. [Expresión utilizada para describir el crecimiento vertiginoso de las publicaciones en la segunda mitad del siglo veinte. Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Example: The 'paper storm' or the 'literature explosion' are evocative terms coined to draw attention to the dramatic nature of the growth of literature.» raging storm = tempestad, temporal, fuerte tormenta.
Example: He drove through the raging storm and reached Washington in the immediate aftermath of the tornado.» rainstorm = chubasco, aguacero, tormenta, chaparrón, manta de agua.
Example: It wasn't only vinaigrette that was drizzling the day we arrived, the grey sky was hung visibly with rainstorms that billowed like net-curtains.» sandstorm = tormenta de arena.
Example: Sandstorms are caused by strong winds blowing over loose soil or sand, and picking up so much of that material that visibility is reduced.» sleep through + a storm = quedarse dormido como un tronco, quedarse dormido como un lirón.
Example: He is much more relaxed and will simply lay down and sleep through a storm.» snow storm = tormenta de nieve.
Example: 'What happened yesterday?' 'Well, as you know, we usually close in bad snowstorms'.» solar storm = tormenta solar, erupción solar.
Example: Astronauts have filmed the incredible moment a solar storm lit up the skies, giving onlookers a stunning view of the Northern Lights.» spring storm = tormenta de primavera, tormenta primaveral.
Example: On Wednesday the strong spring storm system will continue to intensify and will likely produce gusty wind.» stir up + a storm = armar un revuelo, causar (un) revuelo.
Example: Last year we shone a light on Europe's thriving ivory markets and stirred up a storm.» storm + abate = tormenta + amainar, tormenta + calmarse.
Example: It took almost three full days for the storm to abate.» storm + brew over = tormenta + avecinarse.
Example: The article is entitled 'Legal storm brews over .uk domain names'.» storm chaser = cazatormentas, cazador de tormentas.
Example: At the intersection where authorities said the three storm chasers were killed, crews hauled away a mangled white truck.» storm cloud = nube de tormenta, nubarrón.
Example: The article is entitled 'Storm clouds on the horizon: CIPA and the future of the Internet'.» storm clouds + gather = tormenta + avecinarse, tormenta + amenazar.
Example: Storm clouds gather as another British institution falls by the wayside.» storm drain = alcantarilla, imbornal.
Example: Sump pumps send water away from a house to any place where it is no longer problematic, such as a municipal storm drain or a dry well.» storm front = frente de tormentas.
Example: An unusually strong storm front is threatening the Midwest from the Central Plains to the Mississippi Valley over the next several days.» storm in a teacup = mucho ruido y pocas nueces.
Example: Consider the following list of 'authors': Lewis Carroll, Aunt Jane, Harassed Housewife, A gentleman of low descent, and By the author of 'The storm in a teacup, mountains and molehills', etc.» storm surge = marejada ciclónica.
Example: Along the coast, storm surge is often the greatest threat to life and property from a hurricane.» storm + sweep + Nombre + away = tormenta + arrastrar.
Example: The storm swept her nearly two miles off course and tossed the vessel onto the sandbar north of the port.» storm system = tempestad, frente de tormentas.
Example: However, the storm system has slowed down to a crawl and is moving just 1 mph in a westerly direction.» storm(y) petrel = petrel, piaño, petrel de las tormentas.
Example: He was said to have lit a stormy petrel on fire and follow it through the storm and fog to shore while he was lost at sea.» storm(y) petrel = provocador, pendenciero, camorrista, bravucón.
Example: He's a stormy petrel, to be sure, but he's a feisty, outspoken, cantankerous, brilliant guy who has done wonders on and off the basketball court for generations of young men.» take + Nombre + by storm = tomar por asalto, tomar a saco, conquistar, tener un éxito roturno, arrasar.
Example: He was a confident, unspoiled, talented, hard-working young man when he moved to a strange town as a youngster and took it by storm.» the lull before the storm = la calma que precede a la tormenta.
Example: The article 'University libraries -- the lull before the storm?' predicts steep rises in periodical subscription prices and increased student numbers.» there + be + storm clouds on the horizon = tormenta + avecinarse, tormenta + amenazar.
Example: While the long-term future of the property market looks relatively bright, there may be some potential storm clouds on the horizon.» thunderstorm = tormenta, tormenta eléctrica.
Example: Three appendices (first aid, wind chill factor, and thunderstorm hazards) are also provided.» tropical storm = tormenta tropical.
Example: Coastal residents breathed a sigh of relief when the hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm.» weather + the storm = capear el temporal, superar una situación difícil.
Example: Library suppliers appear to have weathered the storm of intense competition, mainly by cost cutting with a substantial decline in employment = Los proveedores de bibliotecas parecen haber campeado el temporal de una competitividad intensa principalmente reduciendo los costes mediante una disminución considerable del número de empleados.» windstorm = tormenta de viento, huracán, vendaval.
Example: A hipped roof is stronger in windstorms than a gabled one.storm2 = irrumpir, invadir, asaltar, atacar, tomar por sorpresa.
Example: On October 6, 1976, an angry mob stormed the university to attack students who seemed to threaten the nation.more:
» brainstorm = confrontar ideas, contrastar ideas, aportar ideas, sugerir ideas.
Example: A team was assembled to brainstorm the work situation, set production targets, and propose methods to move incrementally toward those targets.» storm in(to) = entrar violentamente, entrar furioso, irrumpir en, entrar de sopetón, entrar a saco.
Example: The robber panicked and took hostages after storming in to rob the bank with a gun.» storm off = marcharse echando chispas, marcharse hecho una furia, marcharse enojado, marcharse furioso, irse echando chispas, irse hecho una fiera, irse enojado, irse furioso.
Example: Last week I piled on poor Cam for his post-game press conference in which he stormed off before the questions had come to an end.» storm out (of) = salir violentamente, salir furioso, salir estrepitosamente.
Example: A 24-year-old man has killed himself with chloroform after storming out of work when a colleague taunted him about never making the coffee.» storm to + victory = ganar de forma arrolladora, ganar de forma aplastante, arrasar, barrer, arrollar.
Example: Labour's David Lammy stormed to victory in the Tottenham Parliamentary election with a thumping majority.