retumbar

to resound

to boom

retumbar(rreh-toom-bahr)

intransitive verb

1. (to reverberate)

a. to resound

Los martillazos de los albañiles retumbaban por toda la casa.

The builders' hammering resounded throughout the house.

La lluvia retumbaba sobre el techo de hojalata.

The rain resounded on the tin roof.

b. to boom

Una voz retumbó por los parlantes, ordenando desalojar el edificio.

A voice boomed over the loudspeakers telling everyone to evacuate the building.

c. to echo

El sonido de mis tacones retumbaba en la iglesia silenciosa.

The sound of my heels echoed throughout the silent church.

d. to thunder

Al pasar la caballería, los cascos de los caballos retumbaban.

The horses' hooves thundered as the cavalry rode past.

e. to roll (thunder)

Había pasado la tormenta, pero a lo lejos aún retumbaban los truenos.

The storm had passed, but thunder still rolled in the distance.

retumbar

intransitive verb

1. (resonar)

a. to resound

2. (hacer ruido)

a. to thunder, to boom

3. (colloquial)

a.

me retumban los oídosmy ears are ringing

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retumbar

intransitive verb

1 [+artillería] to boom; thunder; [+trueno] to roll; crash

la cascada retumbaba a lo lejos the waterfall roared in the distance

2 [+voz, pasos] to echo

la caverna retumbaba con nuestros pasos the cave echoed with our steps; sus palabras retumban en mi cabeza his words are still reverberating in my mind