tuerca

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *torca (“coiled object”), alteration of Latin torqua, variant of torquis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtweɾka/ [ˈt̪weɾ.ka]
• Rhymes: -eɾka
• Syllabification: tuer‧ca

Noun

tuerca f (plural tuercas)

1. nut (for a bolt)

   Synonym: matriz

Related terms

• torcer

Further reading

• “tuerca”, 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