tornillo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tornillo (“screw”).

Noun

tornillo (plural tornillos)

1. A small tree, Prosopis pubescens, native to Mexico and parts of the United States that has spirally twisted pods; the screwbean
2. (geology) A low-frequency seismic event associated with volcanoes

Spanish

tornillos

Etymology

From torno +‎ -illo, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈniʝo/ [t̪oɾˈni.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toɾˈniʝo/ [t̪oɾˈni.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /toɾˈniʎo/ [t̪oɾˈni.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toɾˈniʃo/ [t̪oɾˈni.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toɾˈniʒo/ [t̪oɾˈni.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: tor‧ni‧llo

Noun

tornillo m (plural tornillos)

1. screw (fastener)

Derived terms

• atornillar
• faltarle un tornillo
• perder un tornillo
• tener flojos los tornillos
• tornillo de Arquímedes
• tornillo de banco
• tornillo sin fin

 

Further reading

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