tsunami
Spanish, noun/suˈnami/
tsunami is spelled T-S-U-N-A-M-I (7 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,797th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tsunami is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tsunami” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ola o serie de olas de muy gran tamaño que aparecen como resultado de terremotos, volcanes, meteoritos…”.
What does tsunami mean in English?
noun
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ola o serie de olas de muy gran tamaño que aparecen como resultado de terremotos, volcanes, meteoritos, derrumbes costeros o subterráneos e incluso explosiones de gran magnitud.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tsunami
- tsunamis plural
- sunami alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tsunami?
- /suˈnami/
- [suˈna.mi]
- /tsuˈnami/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tsunami
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tsunami in Spanish?
tsunami appears 3.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).