Spanish

thunderstorm
visible and audible lightning and thunder in the distance, often brief, dramatic
tormenta eléctrica
de rayos y truenos visibles, se oyen a la distancia, suele ser breve, dramática

Leo

Once when I was very young I was in the garden and I saw lightning very, very nearby and everything shook…it was incredible, it was actually otherworldly. The air is suddenly charged with electricity…people are charged. This sense that something unexpected is coming our way.

I have chosen ‘thunderstorm’ because it really symbolises Argentina in summer. I love this word in Spanish: ‘tormenta eléctrica’.