zumbido
Portuguese
Etymology
From zumbir.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /zũˈbi.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /zũˈbi.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /zũˈbi.du/ [zũˈbi.ðu]
- Hyphenation: zum‧bi‧do
Noun
zumbido m (plural zumbidos)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θumˈbido/ [θũmˈbi.ð̞o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sumˈbido/ [sũmˈbi.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: zum‧bi‧do
Noun
zumbido m (plural zumbidos)
- buzz, hum, ringing (a buzzing or humming noise)
- 1928, Horacio Quiroga, El hijo:
- Un profundo zumbido que llena el ser entero e impregna el ámbito hasta donde la vista alcanza, concentra a esa hora toda la vida tropical.
- A deep hum that fills the whole being and permeates the environment as far as the eye can see, concentrating all tropical life on this hour.
Further reading
- “zumbido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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