tornillo
English
Noun
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
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tornillos
Etymology
torno + -illo, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos).
Noun
tornillo m (plural tornillos)
- screw (fastener)
Derived terms
- atornillar
- faltarle un tornillo
- perder un tornillo
- tener flojos los tornillos
- tornillo de banco
Further reading
- “tornillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014