remoinho
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- redemoinho
- rodamoinho
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iɲu
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.moˈĩ.ɲu/ [he.moˈĩ.j̃u]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.moˈĩ.ɲu/ [χe.moˈĩ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.moˈi.ɲo/ [he.moˈi.ɲo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈmwi.ɲu/
- Hyphenation: re‧mo‧i‧nho
Etymology 1
Deverbal from remoinhar.
Noun
remoinho m (plural remoinhos)
- whirlpool, vortex
- Synonym: voragem
- eddy (air or water running in an opposite direction to the main current)
- whirlwind
- Synonym: turbilhão
Verb
remoinho
- first-person singular present indicative of remoinhar