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estrépito

din, loud crash, racket

noun ehs-TREH-pee-toh Rare

Origin: From Latin 'strepitus' (noise, din).

Usage Note

Estrépito denotes a sudden, loud, resonant noise — the crash of something falling or the clatter of an event. The derived adjective estrepitoso ('deafening, resounding') is very common: un fracaso estrepitoso ('a resounding failure'). The word is masculine.

Examples

"La caída provocó un gran estrépito."

Natural Translation

The fall caused a huge crash.

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