Torbellino in english
Whirlwind
pronunciation: wɜrlwɪnd part of speech: noun
pronunciation: wɜrlwɪnd part of speech: noun
In gestures
torbellino1 = maelstrom ; vortex [vortexes/vortices, -pl.] ; whirlwind ; whirlpool ; whirl ; swirl.
Example: Specific types of information are considered imperative to decipher the intricate process of surviving in a modern, mid-nineties maelstrom of socio-economic crises.Example: The vortex of socio-economic change in the UK has caused, inter alia, libraries to be regarded as a drain on the ratepayer's pocket.Example: The article 'Harnessing the whirlwind of information technologies' discusses new technologies and their impact on the health library.Example: The most recent drawings refer explicitly to landscapes, with waterfalls, mountains, and whirlpools.Example: Like a whirl of shiny flakes sparkling in a snow globe, Hubble catches an instantaneous glimpse of many hundreds of thousands of stars.Example: The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.torbellino2 = roller coaster.
Example: The book likens the early adolescent years to a roller coaster, often unpredictable but exciting and filled with possibility.torbellino3 = live wire.
Example: The man is a live wire of nerves and predictable unpredictability.more:
» ser un torbellino = be a (real) ball of fire ; be a real fireball .
Example: Lola was a ball of fire when she was on her game -- she could do the work of ten people. Example: She was a real fireball, a person of big, sparky energy.