How to Say "thunderstorms" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “thunderstorms” is “tormentas” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
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nounA1
specifically storms with lightning and thunder
Examples
Las tormentas de verano suelen ser muy fuertes.
Summer storms are usually very strong.
Se escuchan los truenos de las tormentas a lo lejos.
You can hear the thunder from the storms in the distance.
Making it plural
To talk about more than one storm, we take the word 'tormenta' and add an 's' at the end.
Gender match
Since this word is feminine, any words describing it (like 'las' or 'fuertes') must also follow the feminine plural pattern.
Using the wrong article
Mistake: “los tormentas”
Correction: las tormentas because the word is feminine.
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