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cataclismo

cataclismo

Italian

Adjective

cataclismo m (feminine singular cataclisma, masculine plural cataclismi, feminine plural cataclisme)

  1. cataclysmic

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Portuguese

Noun

cataclismo m (plural cataclismos)

  1. Alternative form of cataclisma

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)

  1. cataclysm