trovão

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === trovaõ (obsolete) === Etymology === Metathetical alteration of Old Galician-Portuguese torvon (possibly influenced by troar (“to thunder”)), from Vulgar Latin *turbōnem (“whirlwind”), alteration of Latin turbinem. Compare Galician trebón, Spanish turbión (archaic or dialectal turbón). Doublet of turbina, from ultimately the same Latin root, through French, and turbo. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tro‧vão === Noun === trovão m (plural trovões) thunder (the sound caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge) Synonyms: (Beira) trovejada, trovoada thunder (sound resembling thunder) Synonyms: estardalhaço, estrépito, estrondo, fragor, ribombo ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “trovão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “trovão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026