tumulto

m.

1 riot, disturbance (disturbio).

2 uproar, tumult (alboroto).

3 turmoil, boisterousness, riot, commotion.

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tumulto

► nombre masculino

1 tumult, commotion

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SM turmoil, tumult; (Pol) (=motín) riot, disturbance

tumulto popular — popular rising

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masculino (multitud) crowd; (alboroto) commotion

la policía sofocó los tumultos — the police quelled the disturbances

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= uproar, tumult, crowd, maddening crowd, hustle and bustle, hurly-burly.

Ex. The film tells of the uproar the librarian created when he extended an invitation to an advocate of theories on black inferiority to address a high school assembly.

Ex. This volume of essays looks to the formative processes that have shaped human relations in the midst of this century's tumult of wars, revolutions, and international confrontation.

Ex. The second example specifies, 'far adj3 crowd', that the two words, 'far' and 'crowd', must appear within 3 words of one another.

Ex. Traffic in the morning, trash at the end of the day, and a chaos of people trying to navigate the maddening crowd in between.

Ex. The article 'Hustle and bustle or solemn silence?' argues that changes in society require a re-examination of the library's role.

Ex. No, the hurly-burly of politics holds no enchantment for me, I in fact have a deep rooted scepticism and I am disillusioned about politics.

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* tumulto + acabar = tumult + die.

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masculino (multitud) crowd; (alboroto) commotion

la policía sofocó los tumultos — the police quelled the disturbances

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= uproar, tumult, crowd, maddening crowd, hustle and bustle, hurly-burly.

Ex: The film tells of the uproar the librarian created when he extended an invitation to an advocate of theories on black inferiority to address a high school assembly.

Ex: This volume of essays looks to the formative processes that have shaped human relations in the midst of this century's tumult of wars, revolutions, and international confrontation.

Ex: The second example specifies, 'far adj3 crowd', that the two words, 'far' and 'crowd', must appear within 3 words of one another.

Ex: Traffic in the morning, trash at the end of the day, and a chaos of people trying to navigate the maddening crowd in between.

Ex: The article 'Hustle and bustle or solemn silence?' argues that changes in society require a re-examination of the library's role.

Ex: No, the hurly-burly of politics holds no enchantment for me, I in fact have a deep rooted scepticism and I am disillusioned about politics.

* tumulto + acabar = tumult + die.

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tumulto

masculine

(multitud) crowd; (alboroto) commotion, tumult

había un tumulto de gente en la estación there was a crowd of people in the station, the station was crowded with people

se encontraron en medio del tumulto they met in the midst of all the commotion

la policía sofocó los tumultos the police quelled the disturbances

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tumulto sustantivo masculino (multitud) crowd;
(alboroto) commotion, tumult
tumulto sustantivo masculino tumult, uproar
'tumulto' also found in these entries:
English:
melee
- tumult
- uproar
- up

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tumulto nm

1. [alboroto] commotion, tumult;

la presencia del cantante causó un tumulto the presence of the singer caused a commotion

2. [disturbio] riot, disturbance

3. [multitud] crowd, throng;

intentó abrirse paso entre el tumulto de periodistas she tried to make her way through the throng of reporters;

se formó un tumulto frente a la casa a crowd formed in front of the house

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tumulto

m uproar

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tumulto nm

1) alboroto: commotion, tumult

2) motín: riot

3) multitud: crowd