English-Spanish translations for torrent

• torrente
  Las canalizaciones rotas dejan salir el agua que forma torrentes de suciedad. Torrents of filthy water spewed out of crushed pipe work.
  Recapitulemos un momento y estudiemos en enorme daño que hacemos cuando creamos un torrente de legislación onerosa e innecesaria. Let us stand back for a moment and consider the huge damage we do as we create a torrent of onerous and unnecessary legislation.

Definition of torrent

• A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice
• A large amount or stream of something
• Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream
• A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent
• To download in a torrent

Examples

• Rain fell on the hills in torrents
• A torrent of green and white water broke over the hull of the sail-boat
• They endured a torrent of inquiries
• I got a torrent of the complete works of Shakespeare the other day; Im not sure why
• The video rental place didnt have the film I was after, but I managed to torrent it

Related words

• torrential
• Torrent-lark
• bittorrent
• Torrent Duck
• Torrent Tyrannulet
• Torrent Flycatcher
• torrent of hatred
• torrent of words
• torrential rain