nube

Definitions of nube
  1. noun
    a large sea wave
    synonyms: ola
  2. noun
    a large number of things or people considered together
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    afluencia, apretujón, apretón, estrujón
    a dense crowd of people
    asonada, canalla, chusma, garulla, garullada, gentualla, gentuza, patulea, populacho, turba, turbamulta
    a disorderly crowd of people
    falange
    any closely ranked crowd of people
    banda, grey
    an orderly crowd
    amontonamiento, atasco, caravana, embotellamiento, enredo, ensalada, maraña, retención, taco, tapón
    a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move
    type of:
    colectividad, grupo humano
    a group of persons together in one place
  3. noun
    a moving crowd
  4. noun
    a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
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    cirro
    a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
    cúmulo
    a globular cloud
    nubarrón, nublado
    a heavy dark cloud presaging rain or a storm
    estrato
    a large dark low cloud
    altocúmulo
    a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
    altostrato
    a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
    type of:
    fenómeno atmosférico
    a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere
  5. noun
    any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
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    polvareda, torbellino
    a cloud of dust suspended in the air
    bruma, calígine, niebla
    droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
    humos, tufo
    a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
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    fenómeno físico
    a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
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