tornillo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tornillo (“screw”).

Noun

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tornillo event

Wikipedia

tornillo (plural tornillos)

1. A small tree of species Prosopis pubescens, native to Mexico and parts of the United States, that has spirally twisted pods.

   Synonym: screwbean

2. (geology) A low-frequency seismic event associated with volcanoes.

Spanish

 tornillo on Spanish Wikipedia

Etymology

From torno +‎ -illo, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈniʝo/ [t̪oɾˈni.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈniʝo/ [t̪oɾˈni.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /toɾˈniʎo/ [t̪oɾˈni.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /toɾˈniʃo/ [t̪oɾˈni.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /toɾˈniʒo/ [t̪oɾˈni.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: tor‧ni‧llo

Noun

tornillo m (plural tornillos)

1. screw (fastener)

Derived terms

• atornillar
• faltarle un tornillo
• perder un tornillo
• tener flojos los tornillos
• tornillo de Arquímedes
• tornillo de banco
• tornillo sin fin

Descendants

• → Tagalog: tornilyo

Further reading

• “tornillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024