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cataclismo
cataclismo
Italian
Adjective
cataclismo m (feminine singular cataclisma, masculine plural cataclismi, feminine plural cataclisme)
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood, inundation”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “I wash off, wash away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“clean”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ta.ˈklis.mo/
Noun
cataclismo m (plural cataclismos)