swirl

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
2. To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.
3. (figuratively) To circulate.
4. (dated) To mingle interracially.

Noun

1. A whirling eddy.
2. A twist or coil of something.
3. The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait.
4. (dated) Interracial mingling (e.g. dating, sex, marriage, etc.).

Conceptos

remolino

arremolinarse

torbellino

vórtice

contracorriente

espiral

vórtex

extenderse

girar

Sinónimos

whirl

eddy

whirlpool

curl

vortex

twirl

spin

revolve

twiddle

convolution

rotate

wind round

spiral

turn around

twist

rise

whirlwind

purl

wind

gyrate

wreathe

scurry

staggers

stir

swing

swivel

troll

🧌

billow

turbine

turbulence

turbulent flow

turn

vertigo

waft

wave

👋

whorl

wreath

mill about

whirl around

tumble

clew

clue

coil

dispersed

dizziness

drift

eddy current

flutter

gargle

get around

Traducciones

tourbillon

Wirbel

wervelen

kolken

warrelen

redemoinho

dwarrelen

wirbeln

Strudel

tourbillonner

remous

girdap

remolí

strudeln

arrombollar

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/swɜːl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: swirlen

Cognado con escocés: swirl

Cognado con noruego nynorsk: svirla

Cognado con sueco: sorla

Cognado con neerlandés: zwirrelen

Cognado con frisón occidental: swiere

Cognado con neerlandés: zwieren

Cognado con alemán: schwirren

Cognado con sueco: svirra

Cognado con danés: svirre

Cognado con inglés: swarm

In summary

From Middle English swirlen (“to eddy, swirl”), probably from Old Norse *svirla (“to swirl”), a frequentative form of Old Norse sverra (“to swing, twirl”). Cognate with Scots swirl, sworl (“to eddy, swirl”), Norwegian Nynorsk svirla (“to whirl around; swirl”), Swedish sorla (“to murmur, buzz”), Dutch zwirrelen (“to swirl”). Compare also West Frisian swiere (“to reel, whirl”), Dutch zwieren (“to reel, swing around”), German Low German swirren (“to whizz, whirl or buzz around”), German schwirren (“to whirr, whizz, buzz”), Swedish svirra (“to whirr about, buzz, hum”), Danish svirre (“to whizz, whirr”). Related to English swarm.