temblor

[ tem-bler, -blawr; Spanish tem-blawr ]
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noun,plural tem·blors, Spanish tem·blo·res [tem-blaw-res]. /tɛmˈblɔ rɛs/.

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Origin of temblor

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An Americanism first recorded in 1895–1900; from Spanish: literally, “a quaking,” equivalent to tembl(ar) “to quake” (perhaps ultimately from Latin timēre “to fear” and Late Latin tremulāre “to quake”) + -or noun suffix; see tremble, -or1

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temblor

/ (ˈtɛmblə, -blɔː) /


nounplural temblors or temblores (tɛmˈblɔːreɪz)
  1. mainly US an earthquake or earth tremor

Origin of temblor

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C19: American Spanish, from Spanish temblar to shake, tremble

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