rotatorio

See also: rotatório

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rotātōrius, from Classical Latin rotō. Cognate with Catalan rotatori, French rotatoire, Portuguese rotatório.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro.taˈtɔ.rjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrjo
• Hyphenation: ro‧ta‧tò‧rio

Adjective

rotatorio (feminine rotatoria, masculine plural rotatori, feminine plural rotatorie)

1. rotating, rotary, rotational

Related terms

• rotare

Noun

rotatorio m (plural rotatori)

1. (anatomy) rotator

   Synonym: muscolo rotatorio

Anagrams

• ortatorio

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rotātōrius, from Classical Latin rotō. Cognate to Catalan rotatori, French rotatoire, Portuguese rotatório.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rotaˈtoɾjo/ [ro.t̪aˈt̪o.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -oɾjo
• Syllabification: ro‧ta‧to‧rio

Adjective

rotatorio (feminine rotatoria, masculine plural rotatorios, feminine plural rotatorias)

1. rotating, rotary, rotational

Derived terms

• rotatoriamente

Further reading

• “rotatorio”, 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