destornillador
Spanish
Etymology
From destornillar, from desatornillar, from tornillo, from torno, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos), from Proto-Indo-European *torh₂no-, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, bore, twist”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /destoɾniʝaˈdoɾ/ [d̪es.t̪oɾ.ni.ʝaˈð̞oɾ]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /destoɾniʎaˈdoɾ/ [d̪es.t̪oɾ.ni.ʎaˈð̞oɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /destoɾniʃaˈdoɾ/ [d̪es.t̪oɾ.ni.ʃaˈð̞oɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /destoɾniʒaˈdoɾ/ [d̪es.t̪oɾ.ni.ʒaˈð̞oɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: des‧tor‧ni‧lla‧dor
Noun
destornillador m (plural destornilladores)
- screwdriver (a tool used to turn screws)
- Synonym: (Mexico) desarmador
Related terms
- destornillar
Further reading
- “destornillador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014