how to pronounce торнадо

/tɐrˈnadə/

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торнадо is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of торнадо in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… вызвать торнадо на другом конце планеты …”

meanings of торнадо

noun:

Tornado (column of air).

торнадо frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word торнадо occurs in russian on average 1.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.