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): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toɾbeˈʝino/ [t̪oɾ.β̞eˈʝi.no]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /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]
Noun
torbellino m (plural torbellinos)
Related terms
See also
References
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ “terbolí”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading
- “torbellino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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