English-Spanish translations for whirlwind

• torbellino
  No obstante, se ha hecho menos hincapié en el torbellino que hubiera arrastrado a nuestra divisa sin la política monetaria y económica de la Unión Europea. However, less emphasis has been placed on the whirlwind in which our currency would have found itself without the European Union's economic and monetary policy.
  Yo procedo de una región de Italia, el Véneto, la cual sufrió deslizamientos de tierras y torbellinos en junio y julio y quisiera mencionar, a modo de ejemplo, Vallà di Riese y Borca di Cadore. I myself come from a region of Italy, Veneto, which was hit in June and July by landslides and whirlwinds, and I would mention, by way of example, Vallà di Riese and Borca di Cadore.
• tromba

Definition of whirlwind

• A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion
• Rapid and minimal: ''a whirlwind tour'', ''a whirlwind romance''

Examples

• The weeks leading up to the convention were a whirlwind of preparation and hurried activity.
• Once he got that new scooter he turned into a whirlwind and damaged all the flowers.

Related words

• sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
• sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
• he who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind