tornillo
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish tornillo (“screw”).
Noun[edit]
tornillo (plural tornillos)
- A small tree, Prosopis pubescens, native to Mexico and parts of the United States that has spirally twisted pods; the screwbean
- (geology) A low-frequency seismic event associated with volcanoes
Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From torno + -illo, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Syllabification: tor‧ni‧llo
Noun[edit]
tornillo m (plural tornillos)
- screw (fastener)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tornillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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