torbellino

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish torbelino, following dissimilation from torbenino, from Vulgar Latin *turbinīnus, diminutive of Latin turbinem. Compare Catalan terbolí.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /toɾbeˈʝino/ [t̪oɾ.β̞eˈʝi.no] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /toɾbeˈʎino/ [t̪oɾ.β̞eˈʎi.no] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /toɾbeˈʃino/ [t̪oɾ.β̞eˈʃi.no] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /toɾbeˈʒino/ [t̪oɾ.β̞eˈʒi.no] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: tor‧be‧lli‧no

Noun

torbellino m (plural torbellinos)

  1. tourbillon, whirlwind
    Synonym: remolino
  2. (figurative) whirl, whirling, swirl, maelstrom

See also

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “torbellino”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ “terbolí”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

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