torrente

Galician

Etymology

From Latin torrentem, accusative form of torrēns (rushing”, “torrential) (originally “scorching", then "powerful", "strenghtful", "forceful"), present active participle of torreō (I scorch, burn, parch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toˈrɛnte̝/, /toˈrente̝/

Noun

torrente f (plural torrentes)

  1. stream, creek, torrent

Derived terms

  • Torrente

Further reading

References

  • torrente” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • torrente” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin torrentem, accusative form of torrēns (rushing”, “torrential) (originally “scorching", then "powerful", "strenghtful", "forceful"), present active participle of torreō (I scorch, burn, parch), from Proto-Italic *torzeō, causative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ters- (dry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /torˈrɛn.te/, [t̪or̺ˈr̺ɛn̪t̪e]
  • Hyphenation: tor‧rèn‧te

Noun

torrente m (plural torrenti)

  1. stream, creek, torrent

Derived terms


Latin

Noun

torrente

  1. ablative singular of torrens

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /toˈʁẽt͡ʃi/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈʁẽtɨ/
  • Hyphenation: tor‧ren‧te

Noun

torrente f (plural torrentes)

  1. torrent (violent flow of liquid)
  2. (figuratively) torrent (large amount or stream of something)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toˈrente/, [t̪oˈrẽn̪t̪e]
  • Hyphenation: tor‧ren‧te

Noun

torrente m (plural torrentes)

  1. torrent
  2. stream
  3. flood

Derived terms

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