trueno

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾweno/ [ˈt̪ɾwe.no]

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• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: true‧no

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tonus (“thunderclap; sound, tone”), possibly through a Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *tronus, incremented with an -r- due to influence from *tronitus < tonitrus. Alternatively a derivative of tronar. Compare Galician trono, Portuguese trom, Occitan tron, old Italian trono, Sicilian tronu.

Noun

trueno m (plural truenos)

1. a clap of thunder
2. (in the plural) thunder

Derived terms

• voz de trueno

 

Related terms

• atronar
• tronar

 

See also

• rugiente

Etymology 2

Cognate with Catalan troana and French troène.

Noun

trueno m (plural truenos)

1. (rare) privet

   Synonyms: aligustre, ligustro

Etymology 3

Verb

trueno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tronar

Further reading

• “trueno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014