tormenta
ESTRUCTURA NUBOSA ACOMPAÑADA DE ACTIVIDAD ELÉCTRICA INTERMITENTE EN FORMA DE RAYOS
Tormentas; Tormenta electrica; Tempestad
= storm, firestorm [fire storm], thunder storm, rainstorm, gale.
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Ex: He claims that the press campaign he is about to unleash will be a "publicity firestorm".
Ex: We walked the familiar grounds, grass wet from days of thunder storms, the morning still cloudy and threatening.
Ex: It wasn"t only vinaigrette that was drizzling the day we arrived, the grey sky was hung visibly with rainstorms that billowed like net-curtains.
Ex: Forecasters hope holidaymakers will gain some respite in time for tonight's festivities, but cannot rule out frequent showers and gales.
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* amenaza de tormenta = gathering storm.
* la calma que precede a la tormenta = the lull before the storm.
* nube de tormenta = storm cloud.
* ojo de la tormenta, el = eye of the storm, the.
* prepararse para la tormenta = batten down, batten down, batten down + the hatches.
* tormenta + avecinarse = storm + brew over.
* tormenta causada por un incendio = firestorm [fire storm].
* tormenta de arena = dust storm, sandstorm.
* tormenta de granizo = hailstorm.
* tormenta de ideas = brainstorming [brain-storming], brainstorm.
* tormenta de nieve = snowstorm, blizzard.
* tormenta de polvo = dust storm.
* tormenta de viento = windstorm.
* tormenta eléctrica = thunderstorm, thunder storm.
* tormenta que se avecina = gathering storm.
* tormenta tropical = tropical storm.
* una tormenta en un vaso de agua = a tempest in a teapot.