cataclismo
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood, inundation”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“clean”)).
Noun edit
cataclismo m (plural cataclismos)
Further reading edit
- “cataclismo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Italian edit
Adjective edit
cataclismo (feminine cataclisma, masculine plural cataclismi, feminine plural cataclisme)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- cataclismo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧clis‧mo
Noun edit
cataclismo m (plural cataclismos)
- Alternative form of cataclisma
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood, inundation”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“clean”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cataclismo m (plural cataclismos)
Further reading edit
- “cataclismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014