English-Spanish Dictionary

Spanish Translation of “storm”

storm (stɔːm Pronunciation for storm

Translations

noun

  1. (gen) tormenta feminine, tempestad feminine
    1. (= gale) vendaval masculine
    2. (= hurricane) huracán masculine
      1. (nautical) borrasca feminine, tormenta feminine

    idiom: to brave the storm aguantar la tempestad

    idiom: to ride out a storm capear un temporal, hacer frente a un temporal

  2. (= uproar) escándalo masculine, bronca feminine ⇒ there was a political storm hubo un gran revuelo político ⇒ it caused an international storm levantó una polvareda internacional ⇒ a storm of abuse un torrente de injurias ⇒ a storm of applause una salva de aplausos ⇒ a storm of criticism un aluvión or vendaval de críticas

    idiom: a storm in a teacup (British) una tormenta or tempestad en un vaso de agua

  3.  ⇒ to take by storm: to take a town by storm (military) tomar una ciudad por asalto ⇒ the play took Paris by storm la obra cautivó a todo París

transitive verb

  1. (military) asaltar, tomar por asalto ⇒ angry ratepayers stormed the town hall los contribuyentes enfurecidos asaltaron or invadieron el ayuntamiento

intransitive verb

  1. (= move angrily) ⇒ he came storming into my office entró en mi despacho echando pestes ⇒ he stormed out of the meeting salió de la reunión como un huracán
  2. (= speak angrily) bramar, vociferar ⇒ "you're fired!" he stormed —¡quedá despedido! —bramó or vociferó ⇒ to storm at sb tronar contra algn, enfurecerse con algn ⇒ he stormed on for an hour about the government pasó una hora lanzando improperios contra el gobierno

Compounds

'storm' in Other Languages

  • Arabic: عاصِفَةPronunciation for عاصِفَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: tempestadePronunciation for tempestade
  • Chinese: 风暴Pronunciation for 风暴
  • Croatian: olujaPronunciation for oluja
  • Czech: bouřePronunciation for bouře
  • Danish: stormPronunciation for storm
  • Dutch: stormPronunciation for storm
  • European Spanish: tormentaPronunciation for tormenta
  • Finnish: myrskyPronunciation for myrsky
  • French: tempêtePronunciation for tempête
  • German: SturmPronunciation for Sturm Stürme
  • Greek: καταιγίδαPronunciation for καταιγίδα
  • Italian: tempestaPronunciation for tempesta
  • Japanese: Pronunciation for 嵐
  • Korean: 폭풍Pronunciation for 폭풍
  • Norwegian: stormPronunciation for storm
  • Polish: burzaPronunciation for burza
  • Portuguese: tempestadePronunciation for tempestade
  • Romanian: furtună furtuni
  • Russian: буряPronunciation for буря
  • Spanish: tormentaPronunciation for tormenta
  • Swedish: stormPronunciation for storm
  • Thai: พายุPronunciation for พายุ
  • Turkish: fırtınaPronunciation for fırtına
  • Ukrainian: буря
  • Vietnamese: cơn bãoPronunciation for cơn bão
  • Brazilian Portuguese: enfurecer-se
  • Chinese: 气冲冲地走气邁冲邁冲邁地走
  • European Spanish: irrumpir {or} salir atropelladamente
  • French: aller en trombe
  • German: stürmen
  • Italian: andare come una furia
  • Japanese: >入る/出る怒ってどたばたと
  • Korean: 뛰어 들어오다
  • Portuguese: enfurecer-se
  • Spanish: irrumpir {or} salir atropelladamente

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