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Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of torna (“to turn (originally)”) + mesa (“table”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toɾnaˈmesa/
- Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: tor‧na‧me‧sa
Noun
tornamesa f (plural tornamesas)
- (Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru) turntable, record player
- Synonym: tocadiscos
2016 July, “Graduación de Big Step”, in La Prensa:Para alegrar la noche estuvo en las tornamesas el disyóquey Allan Vallecillo, que puso un buen repertorio e hizo que las parejas y graduados bailaran y gozaran hasta el amanecer de la recepción.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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