tromba-d'água
Portuguese, noun/ˌtɾõ.bɐˈd‿a.ɡwɐ/
tromba-d'água is spelled T-R-O-M-B-A-D-Á-G-U-A (11 letters). Tromba-d'água is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “waterspout (a whirlwind that forms over a body of water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tromba-d'água mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewaterspout (a whirlwind that forms over a body of water)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. fenômeno meteorológico marinho, massa colunar de chuva devida a correntes de ventos em vórtice
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tromba-d'água
- trombas-d'água plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tromba-d'água?
- Brazil /ˌtɾõ.bɐˈd‿a.ɡwɐ/
- Portugal /ˌtɾõ.bɐˈd‿a.ɡwɐ/
- Portugal [ˌtɾõ.bɐˈð‿a.ɣwɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tromba-d'água
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.