martillo

See also: martilló

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈtiʝo/ [maɾˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maɾˈtiʝo/ [maɾˈt̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /maɾˈtiʎo/ [maɾˈt̪i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾˈtiʃo/ [maɾˈt̪i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾˈtiʒo/ [maɾˈt̪i.ʒo]

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish martiello, from Late Latin martellus, itself a diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus, or alternatively based on malleus. Compare Portuguese martelo, Italian martello, Catalan martell, French marteau.

Noun

martillo m (plural martillos)

1. hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)

   Synonym: (obsolete) atarraga

2. (anatomy) malleus
3. auction house
4. (athletics) hammer

Derived terms

• amartillar
• hoz y martillo
• martillar
• martillear
• martillero
• martillo de agua
• martillo neumático
• martillo perforador
• martillo pilón
• martillo sacaclavos
• tiburón martillo

 

Descendants

• → Ayutla Mixtec: ma̱rtiyo
• → Cebuano: martilyo
• → Tagalog: martilyo
• → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: martillo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

martillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of martillar

Further reading

• “martillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish martillo.

Noun

martillo

1. hammer

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎^[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 22