vorágine

See also: voragine

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vorāgine, singular ablative of vorāgo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈɾaxine/ [boˈɾa.xi.ne]

Noun

vorágine f (plural vorágines)

1. whirlpool, maelstrom
2. extremely intense or passionate emotions or feelings; the effect, manifestation or perception of them.
3. disorder, mess
4. angry crowd

Synonyms

• (whirlpool): remolino
• (disorder): desorden, descontrol
• (crowd): turba

Further reading

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