cataclismo

== Galician == === Etymology === Learned borrowing 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 === cataclismo m (plural cataclismos) cataclysm === Further reading === “cataclismo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Italian == === Adjective === cataclismo (feminine cataclisma, masculine plural cataclismi, feminine plural cataclisme) cataclysmic ==== Related terms ==== cataclisma === Further reading === cataclismo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧clis‧mo === Noun === cataclismo m (plural cataclismos) alternative form of cataclisma === Further reading === “cataclismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cataclismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /kataˈklismo/ [ka.t̪aˈkliz.mo] Rhymes: -ismo Syllabification: ca‧ta‧clis‧mo === Noun === cataclismo m (plural cataclismos) cataclysm === Further reading === “cataclismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025