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tornado in Tagalog

buhawi

UK/tɔː(ɹ)ˈneɪ.dəʊ//tɔɹˈneɪ.doʊ/

tornado in Tagalog: buhawi, ipo-ipo. In English, tornado means a violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

Tagalog words for tornado

violent windstorm
buhawi, ipo-ipo

English meaning of tornado

  1. noun A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
  2. verb To sweep through something violently.

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Questions about tornado in Tagalog

What is the meaning of tornado in Tagalog?
Tornado in Tagalog is buhawi, ipo-ipo.
Ano ang tornado sa Tagalog?
Tornado: buhawi, ipo-ipo.
What does tornado mean in English?
Tornado means a violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tornado (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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