Spanish Word of the Day
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
tormenta
noun: storm
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Una tormenta means a storm, even though it looks rather like the English word ‘torment’.
Las nubes de
tormenta se acercaban. The storm clouds were getting nearer. -
La tormenta can also be used metaphorically, to refer to a storm, for instance in politics:
Las nubes de
tormenta se acercaban. The storm clouds were getting nearer.La noticia provocó unatormenta política sin precedentes. The news caused an unprecedented political storm. -
Una tormenta en un vaso de agua is a tempest in a teapot, or British a storm in a teacup (word for word, ‘a storm in a glass of water’).
Las nubes de
tormenta se acercaban. The storm clouds were getting nearer.La noticia provocó unatormenta política sin precedentes. The news caused an unprecedented political storm.
