engranaje

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Spanish en-

Spanish en-

Spanish grano

Spanish -ar

Spanish engranar

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin -āticus

Latin -āticum

Old French -agebor.

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Latin -āticum

Old Occitan -atgebor.

Spanish -aje

Spanish engranaje

From engranar + -aje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enɡɾaˈnaxe/ [ẽŋ.ɡɾaˈna.xe]
• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: en‧gra‧na‧je

Noun

engranaje m (plural engranajes)

1. gears, gear train, transmission (machine consisting of interconnected gear wheels)
2. teeth of a gear wheel
3. gear, gearing (combination or choice of interlocking gears)
4. gear, gear wheel, cog, cog wheel (wheel with grooves)

   Synonym: rueda dentada

   Hypernyms: corona, piñón

See also

• caja de cambios
• marcha
• piñón

Further reading

• “engranaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025