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Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈtweɾka/, [ˈt̪weɾ.ka] Forms: tuercas [plural]
Rhymes: -eɾka Etymology: According to the Coromines dictionary, probably a variation of older puerca (literally "female pig"), from Latin porca, with a /t/ from tornillo (“bolt, screw”). The shift in meaning happened through comparison of bolts and nuts with pig's penises and female pigs, respectively. Compare other remodelings based on antonyms: Latin sinexter, Latin grevis, Latin rendere. Compare similar semantic shifts in old and dialectal Italian porchetta, Old French escroue (whence French écrou, English screw), Dutch schroef, German Schraube (both borrowed from some form of Latin scrofa), Navarro-Lapurdian aardi, ahardi and ardie ("nut" on a screw, but also "screw" and finally a wooden device with an adaptable hole on the center designed for the press), Aragonese troyeta ("tuerca o rosca de la prensa de vino" (please help translate)) (diminutive of trueya "female pig", cognate with Catalan truja, French truie, Italian troia). The original /p/ survives in Portuguese porca (“nut”), from Old Galician-Portuguese porca. The Mexican "penis" sense is a minced oath of verga. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|la|porca}} Latin porca, {{cog|la|sinexter}} Latin sinexter, {{cog|la|grevis}} Latin grevis, {{cog|la|rendo|rendere}} Latin rendere, {{cog|it|porchetta}} Italian porchetta, {{cog|fro|escroue}} Old French escroue, {{cog|fr|écrou}} French écrou, {{cog|en|screw}} English screw, {{cog|nl|schroef}} Dutch schroef, {{cog|de|Schraube}} German Schraube, {{cog|la|scrofa}} Latin scrofa, {{cog|an|troyeta}} Aragonese troyeta, {{cog|ca|truja}} Catalan truja, {{cog|fr|truie}} French truie, {{cog|it|troia}} Italian troia, {{cog|pt|porca||nut}} Portuguese porca (“nut”), {{cog|roa-opt|porca}} Old Galician-Portuguese porca, {{lg|minced oath}} minced oath Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} tuerca f (plural tuercas)
  1. nut (for a bolt) Tags: feminine Synonyms: matriz
    Sense id: en-tuerca-es-noun-BYIRKium
  2. (Mexico, euphemistic) penis Tags: Mexico, euphemistic, feminine
    Sense id: en-tuerca-es-noun-9pUtbu9V Categories (other): Mexican Spanish, Spanish euphemisms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish minced oaths, Fasteners Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Spanish minced oaths: 4 96 Disambiguation of Fasteners: 26 74 Synonyms: verga, amigo [Río-de-la-Plata, euphemistic], badajo [colloquial], banana [slang], bicho, cabeza de papa, cabezón, callampa [Bolivia, Chile, vulgar], capullo [Spain, vulgar], carajo [vulgar], chile [El-Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, vulgar], chorra [Spain, vulgar], chorizo [vulgar], chota [Río-de-la-Plata], churra [Andalusia], cipote [Spain, vulgar], corneta, coyoma [Chile, vulgar], cuatro letras, cuca [childish, colloquial, sometimes], dedo sin uña, espita, falo [formal], garcha [Argentina, slang, vulgar], guasca [Chile, Uruguay, colloquial], güevo, garompa [Río-de-la-Plata], loli [Chile], macana [Latin-America, slang], machete [Venezuela, vulgar], mandado [Cuba], mazo [Chile, vulgar], miembro [euphemistic], miembro viril [euphemistic], minga [Spain, vulgar], mondá [Colombia], nabo [colloquial], nardo, nepe [Internet, vulgar], ñefle [Chile, slang], ñonga [Latin-America, colloquial], ñuñuco [El-Salvador, slang], pájaro [colloquial], pajarito [colloquial], palo [Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Uruguay, vulgar], paloma [Central-America, Venezuela], papirola, penca [Chile], picha [Spain, vulgar], pichula [Argentina, Chile, Peru, vulgar], pico [Bolivia, Chile, vulgar], pija [vulgar], pijo [vulgar], pilila [Spain, childish, colloquial], pincho [Peru, vulgar], pinga [Colombia, Costa-Rica, Cuba, Dominican-Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela, euphemistic], pipe, pirula, pirulo, pito [colloquial], pitillo [Mexico, vulgar], plátano [slang], polla [Spain, vulgar], poronga, poste, rabo [vulgar], reata [Guatemala, Mexico, vulgar], salchicha, tolete [Cuba, Dominican-Republic], tranca, tula, turca [Nicaragua, offensive], verga [Latin-America, vulgar]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vete a la tuerca

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Italian porchetta",
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      "expansion": "Old French escroue",
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        "2": "écrou"
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      "expansion": "French écrou",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "screw"
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      "expansion": "English screw",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
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      "expansion": "Dutch schroef",
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        "1": "de",
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      "expansion": "German Schraube",
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      "expansion": "Latin scrofa",
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      "expansion": "Italian troia",
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        "3": "",
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      "expansion": "Portuguese porca (“nut”)",
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            "euphemistic"
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          "word": "badajo"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "banana"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "bicho"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "cabeza de papa"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "cabezón"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
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            "Chile",
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "callampa"
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          "word": "capullo"
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          "word": "carajo"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
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            "Guatemala",
            "Mexico",
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "chile"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "chorra"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "chorizo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Río-de-la-Plata"
          ],
          "word": "chota"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Andalusia"
          ],
          "word": "churra"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "cipote"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "corneta"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Chile",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "coyoma"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "cuatro letras"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "childish",
            "colloquial",
            "sometimes"
          ],
          "word": "cuca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "dedo sin uña"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "espita"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
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          "word": "falo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
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          "word": "garcha"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Chile",
            "Uruguay",
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          "word": "guasca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "güevo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Río-de-la-Plata"
          ],
          "word": "garompa"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Chile"
          ],
          "word": "loli"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Latin-America",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "macana"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Venezuela",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "machete"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Cuba"
          ],
          "word": "mandado"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Chile",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "mazo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "miembro"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "miembro viril"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "minga"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia"
          ],
          "word": "mondá"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "nabo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "nardo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Internet",
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "nepe"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Chile",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "ñefle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Latin-America",
            "colloquial"
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          "word": "ñonga"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "El-Salvador",
            "slang"
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          "word": "ñuñuco"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "pájaro"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
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          "word": "pajarito"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Bolivia",
            "Chile",
            "Cuba",
            "Mexico",
            "Uruguay",
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          "word": "palo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Central-America",
            "Venezuela"
          ],
          "word": "paloma"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "papirola"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Chile"
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          "word": "penca"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "picha"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Chile",
            "Peru",
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "pichula"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Bolivia",
            "Chile",
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "pico"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pija"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pijo"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "childish",
            "colloquial"
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          "word": "pilila"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Peru",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "pincho"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia",
            "Costa-Rica",
            "Cuba",
            "Dominican-Republic",
            "Ecuador",
            "Guatemala",
            "Honduras",
            "Nicaragua",
            "Peru",
            "Venezuela",
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          "word": "pinga"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pipe"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pirula"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pirulo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "pito"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "pitillo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "plátano"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "polla"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "poronga"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "poste"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "rabo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Guatemala",
            "Mexico",
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          "word": "reata"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "salchicha"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Cuba",
            "Dominican-Republic"
          ],
          "word": "tolete"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "tranca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "tula"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Nicaragua",
            "offensive"
          ],
          "word": "turca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Latin-America",
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "verga"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "euphemistic",
        "feminine"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtweɾka/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪weɾ.ka]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɾka"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Diccionario crítico etimológico de la lengua castellana"
  ],
  "word": "tuerca"
}
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin porca",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sinexter"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sinexter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grevis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin grevis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "rendo",
        "3": "rendere"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin rendere",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "porchetta"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian porchetta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "escroue"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French escroue",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "écrou"
      },
      "expansion": "French écrou",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "screw"
      },
      "expansion": "English screw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "schroef"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch schroef",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schraube"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schraube",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "scrofa"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin scrofa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "an",
        "2": "troyeta"
      },
      "expansion": "Aragonese troyeta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "truja"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan truja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "truie"
      },
      "expansion": "French truie",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "troia"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian troia",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "porca",
        "3": "",
        "4": "nut"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese porca (“nut”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "roa-opt",
        "2": "porca"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese porca",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "minced oath"
      },
      "expansion": "minced oath",
      "name": "lg"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to the Coromines dictionary, probably a variation of older puerca (literally \"female pig\"), from Latin porca, with a /t/ from tornillo (“bolt, screw”). The shift in meaning happened through comparison of bolts and nuts with pig's penises and female pigs, respectively. Compare other remodelings based on antonyms: Latin sinexter, Latin grevis, Latin rendere. Compare similar semantic shifts in old and dialectal Italian porchetta, Old French escroue (whence French écrou, English screw), Dutch schroef, German Schraube (both borrowed from some form of Latin scrofa), Navarro-Lapurdian aardi, ahardi and ardie (\"nut\" on a screw, but also \"screw\" and finally a wooden device with an adaptable hole on the center designed for the press), Aragonese troyeta (\"tuerca o rosca de la prensa de vino\" (please help translate)) (diminutive of trueya \"female pig\", cognate with Catalan truja, French truie, Italian troia). The original /p/ survives in Portuguese porca (“nut”), from Old Galician-Portuguese porca. The Mexican \"penis\" sense is a minced oath of verga.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tuercas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "tuerca f (plural tuercas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "tuer‧ca"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "tuer‧ca"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: tornillo/perno"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nut (for a bolt)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nut",
          "nut"
        ],
        [
          "bolt",
          "bolt#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "matriz"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mexican Spanish",
        "Spanish euphemisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "penis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "penis",
          "penis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mexico, euphemistic) penis"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "verga"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Río-de-la-Plata",
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "amigo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "badajo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "banana"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "bicho"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "cabeza de papa"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "cabezón"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Bolivia",
            "Chile",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "callampa"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "capullo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "carajo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "El-Salvador",
            "Guatemala",
            "Mexico",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "chile"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "chorra"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "chorizo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Río-de-la-Plata"
          ],
          "word": "chota"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Andalusia"
          ],
          "word": "churra"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "cipote"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "corneta"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Chile",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "coyoma"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "cuatro letras"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "childish",
            "colloquial",
            "sometimes"
          ],
          "word": "cuca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "dedo sin uña"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "espita"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "falo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "slang",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "garcha"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Chile",
            "Uruguay",
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "guasca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "güevo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Río-de-la-Plata"
          ],
          "word": "garompa"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Chile"
          ],
          "word": "loli"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Latin-America",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "macana"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Venezuela",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "machete"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Cuba"
          ],
          "word": "mandado"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Chile",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "mazo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "miembro"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "miembro viril"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "minga"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia"
          ],
          "word": "mondá"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "nabo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "nardo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Internet",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "nepe"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Chile",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "ñefle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Latin-America",
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "ñonga"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "El-Salvador",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "ñuñuco"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "pájaro"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "pajarito"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Bolivia",
            "Chile",
            "Cuba",
            "Mexico",
            "Uruguay",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "palo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Central-America",
            "Venezuela"
          ],
          "word": "paloma"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "papirola"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Chile"
          ],
          "word": "penca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "picha"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Chile",
            "Peru",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "pichula"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Bolivia",
            "Chile",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "pico"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "pija"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "pijo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "childish",
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "pilila"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Peru",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "pincho"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia",
            "Costa-Rica",
            "Cuba",
            "Dominican-Republic",
            "Ecuador",
            "Guatemala",
            "Honduras",
            "Nicaragua",
            "Peru",
            "Venezuela",
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "pinga"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pipe"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pirula"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pirulo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "pito"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "pitillo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "plátano"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "polla"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "poronga"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "poste"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "rabo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Guatemala",
            "Mexico",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "reata"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "salchicha"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Cuba",
            "Dominican-Republic"
          ],
          "word": "tolete"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "tranca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "tula"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Nicaragua",
            "offensive"
          ],
          "word": "turca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Latin-America",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "verga"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "euphemistic",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtweɾka/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪weɾ.ka]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɾka"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Diccionario crítico etimológico de la lengua castellana"
  ],
  "word": "tuerca"
}

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