torbellino
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish torbelino, following dissimilation from torbenino, from Vulgar Latin *turbinīnus, diminutive of Latin turbinem. Compare Catalan terbolí.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toɾbeˈʝino/ [t̪oɾ.β̞eˈʝi.no] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /toɾbeˈʎino/ [t̪oɾ.β̞eˈʎi.no] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /toɾbeˈʃino/ [t̪oɾ.β̞eˈʃi.no] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /toɾbeˈʒino/ [t̪oɾ.β̞eˈʒi.no] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: tor‧be‧lli‧no
Noun
torbellino m (plural torbellinos)
Related terms
See also
References
- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “torbellino”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ “terbolí”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
Further reading
- “torbellino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025