English-Portuguese translations for tidal wave

  • maremotoNão acrescentemos à tragédia do maremoto a de ver navios inadequados votados ao abandono poluindo o litoral desses países. Let us not add to the tragedy of the tidal wave that of seeing unsuitable vessels abandoned to pollute those countries’ coastlines.
  • ondaA onda de maré avançou em terra mais de 35 km, inundando os campos e deixando muitos deles fortemente salinizados. The tidal wave swept inland for 22 miles, flooding fields and leaving many of them heavily salinated. Esta é uma onda gigantesca que temos que travar, e melhores passaportes apenas não irão resolver o problema. This is a tidal wave that we have to stop, and better passports alone will not solve this matter. Eis os pré-requisitos indispensáveis para conseguirmos imediatamente conter esta onda de imigração. Those are the essential preconditions for putting an immediate stop to this tidal wave of immigration.
  • onda de maréA onda de maré avançou em terra mais de 35 km, inundando os campos e deixando muitos deles fortemente salinizados. The tidal wave swept inland for 22 miles, flooding fields and leaving many of them heavily salinated.
  • tsunamiComo Estado-Membro da União Europeia, nós já não controlamos as nossas fronteiras e, sob o Tratado de Lisboa, a vaga de imigração que experimentámos, transformar-se-á num tsunami. As a Member State of the European Union, we no longer control our own borders and under Lisbon, the tidal wave of immigration that we have experienced will become a tsunami. O drama do tsunami no Sudeste Asiático ilustra uma vez mais a importância dessa visibilidade e de uma coordenação reforçada da acção europeia no mundo. The drama of the tidal wave in South-East Asia illustrates once again the importance of such visibility and of the increased coordination of European action in the world.

Definition of tidal wave

  • A large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
  • A large, sudden inundation of water from the storm surge, or waves of that surge
  • A crest of ocean water; a wave

Examples

  • The last tidal wave here killed twenty and left thousands homeless
  • As the doors opened, a tidal wave of people flooded into the room
  • I was overcome by a tidal wave of emotions

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