storm

la tormenta

noun

storm
[stɔːm]
sustantivo
1tormenta (f) (bad weather)
  • a storm in a teacup (sentido figurado) -> una tormenta en un vaso de agua
  • storm clouds -> nubes (f pl) de tormenta
  • storm door -> doble puerta (f) , contrapuerta (f)
2tormenta (f) (scandal); aluvión (m) (of insults, protest)
3(militar)
  • to take a town/a fortress by storm -> tomar una ciudad/una fortaleza por asalto
  • he took the audience by storm (sentido figurado) -> tuvo un éxito arrasador entre el público
  • storm troops -> tropas (f pl) de asalto
verbo transitivo
4asaltar (town, fortress)
verbo intransitivo
5enfurecerse (person)
  • to storm at somebody -> echar la bronca a alguien
  • to storm in/out -> salir/entrar airadamente

storm [storm-uin-dou]
adjetivo & verbo neutro (intransitivo)
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1(Impersonal) Tempestar, haber tempestad, haber tormenta. (n)
  • It stormed yesterday -> ayer hubo tempestad
2Levantarse una borrasca o tempestad. (n)
3Reventar o estallar de cólera, prorrumpir en injurias, denuestos o insultos. (n)
va. Asaltar, tomar por asalto, atacar a viva fuerz

storm [stɔːm]
noun
1 (gen) tormenta; (f) tempestad; (f) (gale) vendaval; (m) (hurricane) huracán; (m) (Náut) borrasca; (f) tormenta; (f)
to brave the storm aguantar la tempestad
to ride out a storm capear un temporal; hacer frente a un temporal
2 (uproar) escándalo; (m) bronca; (f)
there was a political storm hubo un gran revuelo político; it caused an international storm levantó una polvareda internacional; a storm of abuse un torrente de injurias; a storm of applause una salva de aplausos; a storm of criticism un aluvión vendaval de críticas;or
a storm of protest
a storm in a teacup (Britain) una tormenta tempestad en un vaso de agua;or
3
to take by storm: to take a town by storm (Mil) tomar una ciudad por asalto; the play took Paris by storm la obra cautivó a todo París
verb:transitive
(Mil) asaltar; tomar por asalto
angry ratepayers stormed the town hall los contribuyentes enfurecidos asaltaron invadieron el ayuntamiento;or
verb:intransitive
1 (move angrily)
he came storming into my office entró en mi despacho echando pestes; he stormed out of the meeting salió de la reunión como un huracán
2 (speak angrily) bramar; vociferar
"you're fired!" he stormed —¡quedá despedido! —bramó vociferó;or to storm at sb tronar contra algn; enfurecerse con algn; he stormed on for an hour about the government pasó una hora lanzando improperios contra el gobierno
modifier
storm centre storm center (US) (n) centro de la tempestad; (m) foco de los disturbios; (m) centro de la agitación; (m)
storm cloud (n) nubarrón; (m)
storm door (n) contrapuerta; (f)
storm signal (n) señal de temporal; (f)
storm trooper (n) (Mil) guardia de asalto; (m)
storm troops (n) (Mil) tropas de asalto; (f) guardia de asalto; (f)
storm window (n) contraventana; (f)

Verb Conjugation for "storm"

Imperative
  • storm
  • you storm
  • he/she storms
  • we storm
  • you storm
  • they storm
Preterite
  • I stormed
  • you stormed
  • he/she stormed
  • we stormed
  • you stormed
  • they stormed
Present Continuous
  • I am storming
  • you are storming
  • he/she is storming
  • we are storming
  • you are storming
  • they are storming
Present Perfect
  • I have stormed
  • you have stormed
  • he/she has stormed
  • we have stormed
  • you have stormed
  • they have stormed
Past Continuous
  • I was storming
  • you were storming
  • he/she was storming
  • we were storming
  • you were storming
  • they were storming
Past Perfect
  • I had stormed
  • you had stormed
  • he/she had stormed
  • we had stormed
  • you had stormed
  • they had stormed
Future
  • I will storm
  • you will storm
  • he/she will storm
  • we will storm
  • you will storm
  • they will storm
Future Perfect
  • I will have stormed
  • you will have stormed
  • he/she will have stormed
  • we will have stormed
  • you will have stormed
  • they will have stormed
Future Continuous
  • I will be storming
  • you will be storming
  • he/she will be storming
  • we will be storming
  • you will be storming
  • they will be storming
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been storming
  • you have been storming
  • he/she has been storming
  • we have been storming
  • you have been storming
  • they have been storming
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been storming
  • you will have been storming
  • he/she will have been storming
  • we will have been storming
  • you will have been storming
  • they will have been storming
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been storming
  • you had been storming
  • he/she had been storming
  • we had been storming
  • you had been storming
  • they had been storming
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