instrumento

See also: instrumentó

Catalan

Verb

instrumento

1. first-person singular present indicative of instrumentar

Esperanto

Basgitaro, muzikinstrumento

Skalpelo, medicina instrumento

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”), from īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) +‎ -mentum. Compare Italian strumento, Russian инструме́нт (instrumént), German Instrument, Polish instrument.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /instruˈmento/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ins‧tru‧men‧to

Noun

instrumento (accusative singular instrumenton, plural instrumentoj, accusative plural instrumentojn)

1. musical instrument (device used to produce or play music)
2. instrument (tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement)

Derived terms

• blovinstrumento
• kordinstrumento
• muzikinstrumento
• perkutinstrumento

Galician

Etymology

From Latin īnstrūmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /instɾuˈmento/ [ins̺.t̪ɾuˈmẽn̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ento
• IPA^(key): /instɾuˈmɛnto/ [ins̺.t̪ɾuˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧men‧to

Noun

instrumento m (plural instrumentos)

1. instrument (a tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement)
2. instrument (a device used to produce music)
3. (figurative) instrument (a person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal)

Further reading

• “instrumento”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto instrumento, English instrument, French instrument, German Instrument, Italian instrumento, Russian инструме́нт (instrumént), Spanish instrumento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.struˈmen.to/

Noun

instrumento (plural instrumenti)

1. instrument

Interlingua

Noun

instrumento (plural instrumentos)

1. instrument

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ins.truˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: in‧stru‧mén‧to

Noun

instrumento m (plural instrumenti)

1. (obsolete) alternative form of strumento

Anagrams

• strumentino

Latin

Noun

īnstrūmentō n

1. dative/ablative singular of īnstrūmentum

Lithuanian

Noun

instrumeñto

1. genitive singular of instrumeñtas (“instrument”)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin īnstrūmentum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tɾuˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tɾuˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tɾuˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tɾuˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tɾuˈmẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: (most dialects) -ẽtu, (Southern Brazil) -ẽto
• Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧men‧to

Noun

instrumento m (plural instrumentos)

1. tool (mechanical device intended to make a task easier)

   Synonym: ferramenta

2. musical instrument (device used to produce music)

   Synonym: instrumento musical

Further reading

• “instrumento”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “instrumento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology 2

Verb

instrumento

1. first-person singular present indicative of instrumentar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /instɾuˈmento/ [ĩns.t̪ɾuˈmẽn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ins‧tru‧men‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin īnstrūmentum.

Noun

instrumento m (plural instrumentos)

1. instrument, tool (implement used for manipulation or measurement)

   Synonyms: herramienta, utensilio, implemento, útil, aparato

   • 2025 November 2, Gloria López, “La embalsamadora que le da vida a la muerte [The embalmer who brings death to life]”, in El Sol de México‎^[1]:

     Inserta grandes instrumentos quirúrgicos como cánulas para la extracción de fluidos por medio de un pequeño orificio en el área abdominal.

     She inserts large surgical instruments such as cannulas to extract fluids through a small orifice in the abdominal area.

2. instrument, tool (a means or agency for achieving an effect)
3. ellipsis of instrumento musical (“musical instrument”)
4. (vulgar) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

5. (law) instrument (a legal document)

Derived terms

• caja de instrumentos
• cuadro de instrumentos
• instrumental
• instrumentar
• instrumentista
• instrumento de cuerda
• instrumento de percusión
• instrumento musical
• panel de instrumentos
• tablero de instrumentos

Descendants

• → Tagalog: instrumento
• → Zoogocho Zapotec: instrument

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

instrumento

1. first-person singular present indicative of instrumentar

Further reading

• “instrumento”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish instrumento.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔinstɾuˈmento/ [ʔɪn̪s.t̪ɾʊˈmɛn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ins‧tru‧men‧to

Noun

instrumento (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. instrument; tool

   Synonyms: kagamitan, kasangkapan

2. musical instrument

   Synonym: panugtog

Related terms

• instrumentasyon