turbión

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Spanish

Etymology

From alteration, with influence from turbio, of Old Spanish turbón (now dialectal), from Vulgar Latin *turbōnem (whirlwind), accusative of Latin turbinem, with altered declension. Compare Portuguese trovão (thunder), Galician trebón, torbón (thunderstorm, downpour). Doublet of turbina, from ultimately the same Latin root, through French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuɾˈbjon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: tur‧bión

Noun

turbión m (plural turbiones)

  1. downpour (heavy rain)
  2. (figurative) torrent, storm (sudden large amount of something)
    • 2015 September 16, “Viejas amistades”, in El País:
      Siguen tensos los mimbres, el turbión de grandes ideas, la libertad imaginativa, la gozosa mezcla de tonos y géneros, pero el ritmo se cae, hay pasajes pomposos, redundantes, y la cosa tiene ahora el aire de un sueño mal soñado, y quizás esa cualidad onírica sea la que debió cebar unos cuantos anzuelos, porque extrañamente te vuelven escenas, estribillos intactos y frases completas antes de que se formen en la página o los actores las pronuncien.
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