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tumultuoso

tumultuous

adjective too-mool-too-OH-soh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Also means

turbulent

Usage Note

Tumultuoso describes situations marked by noise, disorder, and excited crowds — una reunión tumultuosa (a tumultuous meeting). It agrees in gender: tumultuosa for feminine nouns. It is a formal or literary register word; in everyday speech Spaniards more often say caótico or agitado.

Examples

"La protesta fue tumultuosa y ruidosa."

Natural Translation

The protest was tumultuous and noisy.

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