Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
whirlwind
Portuguese translation:
digressão/passagem-relâmpago
English term
Brazil
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Technical Translation Specialist
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
whirlwind
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Não entendi essa sentença:
FinalIy, a whirlwind, yet in-depth tour of using the Database Resource Manager to control resource alIocation among the many different types of database users you typicalIy have in your database was given.
O termo whirlwind (turbilhonamento) está associado ao quê?
Agradeço a sua luz.
Proposed translations
Portugal
Affordable high quality and dedication
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
digressão/passagem-relâmpago
Whirlwind visit - Visita-relâmpago (DIP da Porto Editora)
http://dn.sapo.pt/2008/03/17/nacional/jaime_gama_visitarelam...
http://www.carnaval.ovar.net/historia04.htm
http://radiocomercial.clix.pt/info/body.aspx?id=40887
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
intensivo
Intensivo e mesmo assim aprofundado.
Brazil
Marketing, technical, scientific, Ph.D.
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
rápido
very fast, cyclonic, hasty, impetuous, impulsive, quick, rapid, rash, short, speedy, swift, tornado.
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus
Definition of Whirlwind
n. twister, tornado, storm; something happening in a fast or confusing manner; something destructive; extremely energetic person, tumultuous person
adj. similar to a whirlwind; tumultuous
Babylon English-English
Germany
PT-BR Legal translator & interpreter
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: German to Portuguese, English to Portuguese, Portuguese to German
rapidíssima
"whirlwind
2 You can describe a situation in which a lot of things happen ***very quickly*** and are very difficult for someone to control as a whirlwind.
I had been running around southern England in a whirlwind of activity...
3 A whirlwind event or action happens or is done ***much more quickly than normal***.
He got married after a whirlwind romance.
... a whirlwind tour of France."
Sugestão de tradução para a sua frase:
"Por fim, foi feita uma demonstração - rapidíssima, mas minuciosa - sobre o uso de ..."
Boa sorte!
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Carlos Quandt
: no contexto, é a única coisa que faz sentido
4 hrs
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Obrigado! Mas a perguntante parece que não compartilha dessa opinião :-)
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Electric Engineer/Military
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
rápido e inesperado
- whirlwind (EVENT) -
adjective
describes an event that happens very fast, and often unexpectedly
They married three months after they met - it was a real whirlwind romance.
a whirlwind tour/visit
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
United States
Portuguese/English Legal Interpreter!
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
tumultuoso
Finalmente, um tumultuoso, apesar detalhado, ....
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