riada

f.

flood (also figurative).

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riada

► nombre femenino

1 flood, flooding

2 figurado flood

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SF flood

- hasta aquí llegó la riada

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femenino flood; (en área más extensa) flooding

una riada de gente — crowds of people

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= flash flood, floodwater [flood water], torrent.

Ex. On 28 July 1997 Colorado State University, USA, experienced a flash flood which destroyed 50 per of the library's collection, and destroyed its computer lab.

Ex. In 1975 flood water damaged 100,000 books and maps stored in a basement area.

Ex. Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.

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femenino flood; (en área más extensa) flooding

una riada de gente — crowds of people

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= flash flood, floodwater [flood water], torrent.

Ex: On 28 July 1997 Colorado State University, USA, experienced a flash flood which destroyed 50 per of the library's collection, and destroyed its computer lab.

Ex: In 1975 flood water damaged 100,000 books and maps stored in a basement area.

Ex: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.

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riada

feminine

flood; (en un área más extensa) flooding

una riada de gente crowds of people

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riada sustantivo femenino
flood;
(en área más extensa) flooding
riada sustantivo femenino flood
'riada' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
crecida
- crecido
- cuantificar
- inundar
English:
carry along
- stream
- torrent

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riada nf

1. [de agua] flood

2. [de solicitudes] flood;

[de preguntas] barrage; [de personas] crowd

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riada

f flood

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riada nf

: flood