red

Inherited from Old Spanish red, from Latin rēte (“net”). Cognate with English rete.


pico

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: tlölpico

→ Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec: píko

Inherited from Old Spanish bico, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *bekkos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos. It was phonetically influenced by the verb picar (“to peck”). Compare English beak.

(vulgar, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica) penis


fresa

Possibly from French fraise (“milling cutter”), or from the verb fresar, from Vulgar Latin *frēsāre, from frēsum, perfect passive participle of Latin frendō (“to grind”).


gato

es-noun

gato m (plural gatos, feminine gata, feminine plural gatas)

gatos (plural)
gata (feminine)
gatas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Late Latin cattus (compare Catalan gat, French chat, Italian gatto, Portuguese gato). See cat for more.

cuando el gato no está los ratones están de fiesta


lima

From Andalusian Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn, “lemon, lime”).


pala

pala f (countable and uncountable, plural palas)

> Chavacano: pala (inherited)

Inherited from Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).


sacacorchos

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + corchos (“corks”).


binocular

From French binoculaire, from bini (“double”) and oculaire (“ocular”).


abrelatas

→ Hiligaynon: abrilatas

→ Tagalog: abrelata

Verb-object compound, composed of abre (“to open”) + latas (“cans”).

(US, CA) can opener/can-opener, (UK, AU) tin opener/tin-opener (device to open tin cans)


abrebotellas

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Verb-object compound, composed of abre (“to open”) + botellas (“bottles”).


nivel

From Catalan nivell or Old French nivel, livel, from Latin libella (“little bit”), a tenth part of a denarius. Compare English level.

level (tool for finding whether a surface is level)


microscopio

Borrowed from New Latin microscopium, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look at”).


gancho

→ Catalan: ganxo

→ Italian: gancio

[ˈɡãnʲ.t͡ʃo]

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).


llave

→ Bikol Central: lyabe

→ Cebuano: yabe

→ Paraujano: yaawe

→ Tagalog: liyabe, yawe

Inherited from Latin clāvis (“key”), from Proto-Italic *klāwis, of ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin. Doublet of clave. Cognate with English clef.


coa de jima

a long, machete-like knife used by a jimador to cut the leaves from the piñas of an agave


radial

angle grinder, disc grinder, side grinder (power tool with a perpendicular abrasive disc)


navaja

navajas (plural)
nabaja (alternative obsolete)

→ Tagalog: labaha, nabasa, labasa

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *navācla, from Latin novācula (“razor”), from Proto-Italic *(ks)nowātlā. Compare Portuguese navalha, Galician navalla.


huso

Inherited from Latin fūsus. Cognate with English fuse.


rastrillo

From rastro + -illo (diminutive suffix). Or from an alteration of older rastillo (influenced by rastro), itself from Latin rāstellus, diminutive of rāstrum. Compare Italian rastrello, Portuguese rastelo, French râteau.


martillo

Chavacano: martillo

→ Ayutla Mixtec: ma̱rtiyo

→ Cebuano: martilyo

→ Tagalog: martilyo

desc

→ Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: martillo

Inherited from Old Spanish martiello, from Late Latin martellus, itself a diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus, or alternatively based on malleus. Compare Portuguese martelo, Italian martello, Catalan martell, French marteau.

hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)


morsa

(Rioplatense) (US) vise, (UK) vice (an instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing)


taladro

Inherited from Late Latin tarātrum, possibly from Ancient Greek τέρετρον (téretron, “borer, gimlet”). Or alternatively ultimately from a Proto-Celtic *taratrom. Compare Portuguese trado, Galician trade.

der

drill (tool for creating holes in a workpiece)


herramienta

Inherited from Vulgar Latin ferrāmenta, from the plural of Latin ferrāmentum.


hacha

→ Asturian: hachu, hacha

→ Cebuano: atsa

→ Isthmus Mixe: achë

→ Morelos Nahuatl: acha

→ Rayón Zoque: jacha

→ Tezoatlán Mixtec: achá

→ Western Apache: acha

desc

→ Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: acha

Inherited from Old Spanish facha, borrowed from Old French hache, of Germanic origin.

axe, hatchet (tool for felling trees or chopping wood)


hacha

Inherited from Old Spanish facha, from a Vulgar Latin *fascla, from syncopation of *fascula, presumably from a crossing of Latin facula and fascis. Doublet of fácula, a borrowing. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese facha.

a kind of wick or fuse (often made with esparto grass and tar), which does not go out easily in the wind

bundle of straw tied up like a strip and often used to help cover huts or other field constructions


destornillador

es-noun

destornillador m (plural destornilladores)

→ Tagalog: destornilyador

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”).

der

screwdriver (a tool used to turn screws)


pilón

a gift given by a vendor to accompany a transaction

Hieronyma alchorneoides (plant associated with production of suradanni)


sargento

es-noun

sargento m or f by sense (plural sargentos, feminine sargento or sargenta, feminine plural sargentos or sargentas)

sargentos (plural)
sargento (feminine)
sargenta (feminine)
sargentos (feminine plural)
sargentas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish sargente, from Middle French sergent, from Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Medieval Latin servientem (“servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor”), from Latin serviēns (“serving”), present participle of serviō (“to serve or to be a slave to”), from servus (“a slave, a serf or a servant”), perhaps from Etruscan; compare Etruscan proper names 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌉 (servi) or 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌄 (serve); or from Proto-Italic *serwo, from Proto-Indo-European *serwoh₂. Doublet of sirviente.

der

Siete años después, llega la tercera y última temporada de la serie que protagoniza Sarah Lancashire en el papel de su vida, el de una durísima y astuta sargento que patrulla una campiña inglesa nada apacible[.]

2023 January 13, Laura Fernández, “‘Happy Valley’: Pelear, brillantemente, hasta el final”, in El País:


guadaña

Galician: gadaña

Portuguese: gadanha

Of Germanic origin, (compare Spanish guadañar (“to mow”)), probably from Old Frankish *waiþanjan (“to pasture, forage”), from Proto-Germanic *waiþō (“hunt, pasture, food”), or derived from guadañar. Cognate with Old High German weidanōn (“to hunt, forage for food”) and Sicilian vadagna. More at gain.


tijera

Inherited from Old Spanish tixera, tisera, from Latin (ferramenta) tōnsōria, from tōnsus. Compare Portuguese tesoura, Galician tesoiras, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores. The unexpected -i- in the Spanish, Asturian, and Catalan forms may perhaps be explained due to influence from synonymous but unrelated Old French cisoires, ciseaux


alicate

→ Cebuano: alikate

Borrowed from Arabic لَقَّاط (laqqāṭ), via Andalusian Arabic.

combination pliers (UK, US), lineman's pliers (US), Kleins (US), linesman pliers (Canada), side-cutting pliers


tejolote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl texōlōtl (“grinding stone, pestle”), from teci (“to grind maize”) + ōlōtl (“corncob”), in reference to the cylindrical shape of the pestle.

bor+

a stone pestle used in Mexican cuisine, often cylindrical in shape and used with a molcajete


haragán

es-noun

haragán m (plural haraganes, feminine haragana, feminine plural haraganas)

haraganes (plural)
haragana (feminine)
haraganas (feminine plural)

According to the Royal Spanish Academy, most likely derived from Andalusian Arabic كان خرا (ḵrā kān), meaning "it was shit".
An alternative theory is a borrowing from Old High German arag, arg (“worthless, lazy, bad”) or Gothic *𐌰𐍂𐌲𐍃 (*args), both from Proto-Germanic *argaz, whence also Old English earg, English eerie, arch, argh.

(Cuba, Venezuela, northern Argentina) squeegee mop


matriz

Borrowed from Latin mātrīcem, from māter (“mother”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).


abrecartas

Verb-object compound, composed of abre (“to open”) + cartas (“letters”).


martillo perforador

es-noun

martillo perforador m (plural martillos perforadores)


martillo sacaclavos

martillo sacaclavos m (plural martillos sacaclavos)


estropajo

Perhaps from estopa (“tow, oakum”), from Latin stuppa (“tow, coarse flax”).

Después de hablar de forma tan idiota, límpiate la lengua con un estropajo, como hacía de niño tu madre.

2012 June 9, Manuel Vicent, “Nunca digas”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:


azada

Inherited from Old Spanish açada, from Vulgar Latin *asciāta, from Latin ascia. Compare Portuguese enxada and Catalan aixada.


azuela

Inherited from Late Latin asciola, from Latin ascia.


espátula

Borrowed from Late Latin spatula, from Latin spatha. Compare the inherited doublet espalda.

spatula, (UK) fish slice, turner, pancake turner, kitchen turner, cooking turner, (US) flipper (kitchen utensil)

scraper, wall scraper, wallpaper scraper, putty knife (a hand tool to scrape or a hand tool with a flexible blade to apply putty)

squeegee (a short-handled tool, especially as used on car windshields and home windows)


colador

From colar + -dor. Compare Portuguese coador.

sieve (only the strainer kind of sifter, not the cup-shaped sifter)


alcuza

From Andalusian Arabic الكُوزَة (al-kúza), from Arabic كُوزَة (kūza).

oil container, oil jar (kitchen utensil)


almádena

almádenas (plural)
almádana (alternative)
almádina (alternative)
almáina (alternative)
almaina (alternative)

From Andalusian Arabic الْمَاطَنَة (al-māṭana, “sledgehammer”), of unclear origin, speculated from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē, “a flat dish”) reanalyzed as a tool noun which has also been borrowed as بَطَانَة (baṭāna), پَطَانَة (paṭāna, “dishware or other large thing of little value”), because of batán (“fulling mill or the mallet thereof”), compare for the semantical development Russian кия́нка (kijánka, “mallet”) which is actually from Polish kijanka (“particularly a batlet of a fuller”) and what is at Arabic كُذِين (kuḏīn, “fuller’s beetle”).


lezna

leznas (plural)
alesna (alternative rare)
lesna (alternative rare)

From lesna, from alesna, from Vulgar Latin *alisna, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *alasnō; cf. *ēlō, whence English awl. Compare also Catalan alena, French alêne, Italian lesina.


azadón

→ Kaqchikel: asaron

→ Mayo: asarón

→ Tagalog: asarol


rodillo

From Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”).


mazo

hammer (tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)

mallet (type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head)

gavel (wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, committee chairman, or auctioneer)

pestle (club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar)


estetoscopio

Borrowed from French stéthoscope, from Ancient Greek στῆθος (stêthos) and French -scope or New Latin -scopium (equivalent to Spanish -scopio).


cincel

Likely from Old French cisel, from cisoir (with a change in suffix), from Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting instrument”), ultimately from Latin caedere (“cut”). The /n/ seems to have been taken from pincel (“paintbrush”).


apero

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *appārium, ultimately from Latin pār (“equal”).


humidificador

es-noun

humidificador m (plural humidificadores)


tenaza

From Latin tenacia, neuter plural of tenax.


garabato

doodle, scribble (small mindless sketch)

scribble, scratching (illegible writing)


terebra

(historical) a terebra (An Ancient Roman engine)

(historical, medicine, obsolete) a terebra; a trepan, trephine

any small to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs that belongs to the genus Terebra.


sierra de vaivén

sierra de vaivén f (plural sierras de vaivén)


martinete

black-crowned night heron
black-crowned night heron

Nycticorax nycticorax
Nycticorax nycticorax#Translingual

black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)


excavadora

excavator, digger (construction equipment)


horquilla

→ Portuguese: forquilha


legra

Inherited from Latin ligula, variant form of lingula. Doublet of lígula, a learned borrowing.


amoladora angular

amoladora angular f (plural amoladoras angulares)

angle grinder, disc grinder, side grinder (power tool with a perpendicular abrasive disc)


acial

From earlier aciar, from Andalusian Arabic الزِيَار (az-ziyār), from Arabic زِيَار (ziyār).

barnacle, twitch, a kind of pincers or vise to fix the mouth of a horse or similar animals to yield the opportunity of surgery twitch


cúter

utility knife, box cutter, Stanley knife (tool used to cut)


macana

(Latin America) a type of long club, sometimes studded with sharp pieces of rock, used by the natives of America

(Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Bolivia) baton, nightstick


llave inglesa

llave inglesa f (plural llaves inglesas)

adjustable spanner (UK), adjustable wrench (US), crescent wrench (US), crescent spanner (AU, NZ)


lampazo

→ Basque: lanbas

→ Neapolitan: lampazzo

→ Tagalog: lampaso

→ Tausug: lampasu

From the neuter of Latin lappāceus from Latin lappa (“burdock”) which also has been confused with lapathium, lapathum (“sorrel”), compare Galician lampaza.

(Uruguay) squeegee mop (the tool Uruguayans prefer for mopping)


palanqueta

crowbar, wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy and jemmy bar (UK, Australia), prybar, pinchbar, nail bar


gubia

Inherited from Late Latin gulbia, gubia, from Gaulish *gulbiā, from Proto-Celtic *gulbā, *gulbīnos (“beak, bill”). See the late term for more information. Compare Middle Irish gulba (“beak”), English gouge.


pistola de clavos

pistola de clavos f (plural pistolas de clavos)


nanoherramienta

nanoherramienta f (plural nanoherramientas)


trapeador

(Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru) mop


nivelador

es-adj

nivelador (feminine niveladora, masculine plural niveladores, feminine plural niveladoras)

niveladora (feminine)
niveladores (masculine plural)
niveladoras (feminine plural)


almirez

Borrowed from Arabic مِهْرَاس (mihrās), via Andalusian Arabic.

Papitos cogió la mano del almirez, haciendo el ademán de machacar al señorito la cabeza.

1887, Benito Pérez Galdós, Fortunata y Jacinta:

Papitos grabbed the handle of the pestle, pretending to crush the young man's head.


erina

Borrowed from French érine, older variant of érigne.


pasaportú

es-noun

pasaportú m (plural pasaportúes or pasaportús)

pasaportúes (plural)
pasaportús (plural)


garlopa

→ Zoogocho Zapotec: garlop


deshumidificador

deshumidificador m (plural deshumidificadores)


plegador

es-adj

plegador (feminine plegadora, masculine plural plegadores, feminine plural plegadoras)

plegadora (feminine)
plegadores (masculine plural)
plegadoras (feminine plural)


centrifugadora para ensalada

es-noun

centrifugadora para ensalada f (plural centrifugadoras para ensalada)


atornillador

(electronics, mechanics) screwdriver (electric)


pie de cabra

crowbar, wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy, prybar, pinchbar, nail bar (usually the type of crowbar that has a small fissure at the end used for removing nails or forcing objects apart)


caja de herramientas

caja de herramientas f (plural cajas de herramientas)


caja de instrumentos

caja de instrumentos f (plural cajas de instrumentos)


tornillo de banco

tornillo de banco m (plural tornillos de banco)

(US) vise, (UK) vice (an instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing)


llave francesa

llave francesa f (plural llaves francesas)

adjustable spanner (UK), adjustable wrench (US), adjustable wrench (US), crescent wrench (US), crescent spanner (AU, NZ)


llave ajustable

llave ajustable f (plural llaves ajustables)

llave (“key”) + ajustable (“adjustable”).


llave stillson

llave stillson f (plural llaves stillson)

llaves stillson (plural)
llave stilson (alternative)


llave grifa

llave (“key”) + grifa, feminine form of grifo (“water tap, faucet”)


pelacables

Verb-object compound, composed of pela (“to strip”) + cables (“cables, wires”).


cortatubos

Verb-object compound, composed of corta (“to cut”) + tubos (“tubes, pipes”).


cortapernos

Verb-object compound, composed of corta (“to cut”) + pernos (“bolts”).


alicates universales

(US, UK) combination pliers, (US, UK) lineman's pliers, (Canada) linesman pliers, (US, genericized trademark) Kleins


cortaalambres

Verb-object compound, composed of corta (“to cut”) + alambres (“wires”).


alicates de corte lateral

es-noun

alicates de corte lateral m pl (plural only)


esmeril de banco

esmeril de banco m (plural esmeriles de banco)


amoladora de banco

amoladora de banco f (plural amoladoras de banco)


esmeril angular

esmeril angular m (plural esmeriles angulares)


pico de loro

tongue-and-groove pliers
tongue-and-groove pliers

adjustable pliers, Channellocks, tongue-and-groove pliers, water pump pliers, groove-joint pliers


alicates de terminales

alicates de terminales m pl (plural only)


sierra caladora

sierra caladora f (plural sierras caladoras)


sierra de sable

sierra de sable f (plural sierras de sable)


llave allen

llaves allen (plural)
llave Allen (alternative)

(UK) Allen key, hex key; (US) Allen wrench;


cateador

cateador m (plural cateadores, feminine cateadora, feminine plural cateadoras)

cateadores (plural)
cateadora (feminine)
cateadoras (feminine plural)


martillo de carpintero

martillo de carpintero m (plural martillos de carpintero)


limpiacascos

Verb-object compound, composed of limpia (“to clean”) + cascos (“hooves”).


tornillo sin fin

es-noun

tornillo sin fin m (plural tornillos sin fines)


compás de calibres

compás de calibres m (plural compases de calibres)


subilla

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sūbella, from Latin sūbula (“shoemaker's awl”), from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁dʰleh₂, from *syuh₁- (“sew”).