estrondo

From Old Galician-Portuguese estroydo, estrom (14th century, “racket”), perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *extronĭtus, or less likely *extronŏtus, from metathesis of Latin tonĭtrus (“thunder”). Compare Spanish estruendo.

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɾondo̝/

estrondo m (plural estrondos)

1. noise, din, racket (deep, rumbling noise)
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 325:

     toda a terra tremj́a en derredor dos estroydos dos caualos

     all the ground shook around the din of the horses

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 69:

     porlla villa onde ouuer mestre de fereiros ou de çapateiros ou de outros qualquer mestres que faça roido ou estrom.

     by the town, where there is a master smith or shoemaker or any other master [artisan] that makes noise or racket

• tronar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estroydo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estrom”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estroydo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estrondo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estrondo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estrondo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “estrondo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From Old Galician-Portuguese estrondo, probably from a Vulgar Latin *extronitus, or less likely *extronotus, from metathesis of Latin tonitrus (“thunder”). Compare Spanish estruendo.

• Hyphenation: es‧tron‧do

estrondo m (plural estrondos)

1. boom; thunder (deep, rumbling noise)

• estrondear
• estrondoso

• troar

• “estrondo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025