English-Spanish Dictionary
Spanish Translation of “whirl”
whirl (wɜːl
)
Translations
noun
-
- (= spin)
giro masculine
,vuelta feminine
- [of dust, water etc]
remolino masculine
- [of cream]
rizo masculine
my head is in a whirl
la cabeza me está dando vueltas
⇒the social whirl
la actividad social
⇒a whirl of pleasures
un torbellino de placeres
idiom: let's give it a whirl (informal)
¡nada se pierde con intentar!
- (= spin)
transitive verb
- (= spin)
hacer girar
⇒he whirled Anne round the dance floor
hizo girar a Anne por la pista
⇒as the wind whirled leaves into the air
mientras el aire hacia revolotear or girar las hojas en el aire
⇒he whirled his sword round his head
esgrimió su espada haciéndola girar sobre su cabeza
- (figurative)
- (= transport)
llevar rápidamente
the train whirled us off to Paris
el tren nos llevó rápidamente a París
⇒he whirled us off to the theatre
nos llevó volando al teatro
- (= transport)
intransitive verb
-
- [wheel, merry-go-round]
girar
- [leaves, dust, water]
arremolinarse
- (figurative(= move quickly) ⇒
the dancers whirled past
los bailarines pasaron girando vertiginosamente
⇒my head was whirling
me daba vueltas la cabeza
- (figurative(= move quickly) ⇒
- [wheel, merry-go-round]
- See whirl around
'whirl' in Other Languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: fazer girar
- Chinese: 快速旋转快速旋转轉
- European Spanish: dar vueltas
- French: virevolter
- German: wirbeln
- Italian: girarsi di scatto
- Japanese: ぐるぐる回す/ぐるぐる回る
- Korean: 빙빙 돌리다
- Portuguese: fazer girar
- Spanish: dar vueltas
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