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Weather Vocabulary Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 17, 2008
Though traditionally Brazil has had few natural disasters, global warming has begun to change that trend, so let’s take a look at some weather vocabulary: hurricane: furacão [foo-rah-cownn] tornado: tornado [tor-nah-doh] flood: inundação [een-oon-dah-sownn] earthquake: terremoto [teh-heh-moh-toh] storm: tempestade [temp-est-ah-gee] water spout: trombra d’água [trohm-brah dah-gwah] This water spout was spotted in Santarém, in the…