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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/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /destoɾniʎaˈdoɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /destoɾniʃaˈdoɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /destoɾniʒaˈdoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: des‧tor‧ni‧lla‧dor
Noun
destornillador m (plural destornilladores)
- screwdriver (a tool used to turn screws)
- Synonym: (Mexico) desarmador
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