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Meaning of Rainstorm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈɹeɪnstɔːm

Definitions

A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.

Equivalents

العربية العاصفة المطرية

བོད་སྐད རླུང་འཚུབ

Català tempesta

Deutsch Regensturm Unwetter Wetter

Ελληνικά ανεμόβροχο δρολάπι

Esperanto pluvego

Español manga de agua tormenta lluvial tormenta pluvial turbión

Suomi rankkasade

Français averse déluge pluie torrentielle

Galego ballón invernada temporal

Magyar felhőszakadás zivatar

Bahasa Indonesia gelora

Italiano temporale

日本語暴風雨荒れ

한국어 폭풍우

Te Reo Māori marangai

Bahasa Melayu hujan ribut

Português temporal

Русский ли́вень с урага́ном ли́вневый дождь проливно́й дождь

Svenska regnoväder

ไทย พายุฝน

Tagalog buraska

Tiếng Việt mưa bão

Examples

“Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.”

“To make matters worse, we pass through a torrential rainstorm, which makes window-gazing almost impossible, leaving me glad that the trip is less than 30 minutes duration.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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Meaning of Rainstorm | Babel Free

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