remoinho
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (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/
- Rhymes: -iɲu, (Brazil) -ĩɲu
- 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
- cowlick
Etymology 2
Verb
remoinho
- first-person singular present indicative of remoinhar
Further reading
- “remoinho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “remoinho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026