temblor

noun, plural tem·blors, Spanish tem·blo·res [tem-blaw–res] /tɛmˈblɔ rɛs/.

1. a tremor; earthquake.

noun plural temblors or temblores (tɛmˈblɔːreɪz)

1. mainly US an earthquake or earth tremor

n.earthquake, 1876, from American Spanish temblor “earthquake,” from Spanish temblor, literally “a trembling,” from temblar “to tremble,” from Vulgar Latin *tremulare (see tremble).