remolino
Spanish
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editNoun
editremolino m (plural remolinos)
- (weather) vortex, whirlpool, whirlwind
- Synonym: vórtice
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 46:
- El Destalonado es un ser mitológico que nadie ha visto. Se presenta en medio de un remolino de polvo, del cual él es el centro. Gira y se mueve con rapidez vertiginosa, y arrebata y devora a todos los niños que encuentra en su camino.
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- swirl
- (hair) cowlick
- (Chile) windmill
- Synonym: molino
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editFurther reading
edit- “remolino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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