torbellino

torbellino

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /toɾbeˈʝino/ [t̪oɾ.β̞eˈʝi.no]

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

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

Noun

torbellino m (plural torbellinos)

1. tourbillon, whirlwind
2. (figuratively) whirl, whirling, swirl, maelstrom

Related terms

• tolvanera
• turbar
• turbina
• turbión
• turbonada

See also

• remolino

References

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
2. “terbolí”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading

• “torbellino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014