red

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


granada

From the feminine of granado, from Latin (mālum) granātum (literally “apple with many seeds”); compare granado. Compare Italian melagranata.


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.


piano

→ Tagalog: piyano

→ Waray-Waray: piyano

Clipping of pianoforte, from Italian pianoforte.


cesta

Inherited from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cesto. Cognate with English cist and chest.

(Spain, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela) laundry basket, hamper (made of plastic)

(Mexico) laundry basket, hamper (made of soft material such as polyester and/or cotton)


nuclear

es-adj

nuclear m or f (masculine and feminine plural nucleares)

From nucleo + -ar, ultimately from Latin nuculeus.


cuerno

Inherited from Latin cornū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).

(weaponry, Mexico, Central America) AK-47


pluma

From Latin plūma (“feather”), taken as an early semi-learned term (Latin pl- normally becomes ll- in inherited Spanish), or it may have maintained a conservative pronunciation as it would have been in use by mainly the upper class. A popular evolution of the word may have once existed in pre-literary Spanish, as evidenced by the Old Spanish derivative llumazo (compare Portuguese chumaço; see also Spanish chumacera, borrowed from a related Portuguese term). Cognate to English plume.


lira

From Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).


olla

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Inherited from Old Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, from Proto-Italic *aukslā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷsleh₂, Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ- (“cooking pot”).

der

pot, pan; kettle (vessel used for cooking food)


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”).


arco

Inherited from Latin arcus (whence English archery), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). In some senses inherited, in others borrowed directly from Latin. Cognate with English arrow, arc, and arch.

tirar con arco

(sports, Latin America) goal (structure)


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


clave

→ English: clave

Borrowed from Latin clāvis (“key”). Compare the inherited doublet llave.


metro

→ Tagalog: metro

Borrowed from French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

der

(measuring instruments) tape measure, measuring tape


corno

Borrowed from Latin cornū. Doublet of cuerno.


cuchilla

From cuchillo, inherited from Latin cultellus.


cuchillo

→ Cebuano: kutsilyo

→ Ivatan: kuchiliu

→ Mapudungun: kucijo

→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: cochi̱loj

→ Oluta Popoluca: cuchi̱nu

→ San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: cochiyó

→ San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cutsilu

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: kuxiir

→ Tagalog: kutsilyo

→ Zoogocho Zapotec: cwšiyw

Inherited from Old Spanish cuchiello, from Latin cultellus, a diminutive of culter. Cognate with English cutlery. Compare English cutlass also.


popote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl popōtl (“plant used to make brooms; broom, straw”).


tun

a Pre-Hispanic percussion instrument from Guatemala, consisting of a hollow wooden block with slits in the sides


fusil

desctree

→ Cebuano: pusil
→ Western Bukidnon Manobo: pusil

→ Ilocano: pusil


espada

Inherited from Old Spanish espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of espata.


pala

es-noun

pala f (countable and uncountable, plural palas)

> Chavacano: pala (inherited)

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


lima

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


funda

(Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Ecuador) a bag made of paper or plastic


clip

(firearms) clip (frame containing a number of bullets)


blanco

es-adj

blanco (feminine blanca, masculine plural blancos, feminine plural blancas)

blanca (feminine)
blancos (masculine plural)
blancas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Found as early as the Cantar de Mio Cid.
Compare Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”). Cognate with English blank, Dutch blank, etc.


blanco

Chavacano: blangko, blangku

Papiamentu: blancu


lanza

Inherited from Old Spanish lança, from Latin lancea, of Celtiberian origin.


claymore

Borrowed from English claymore, from Scottish Gaelic claidheamh-mòr.


sitar

(music) sitar (Indian string instrument)


maraca

percussion instrument
percussion instrument


caldera

→ English: caldera

→ Italian: caldera

From Late Latin caldāria~caldārium (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Doublet of caldero.

inh

La Bruja echa a hervir en una caldera llena de agua, un sapo, una lagartija y murciélago, sabandijas que generalmente se encarga de llevarle el cliente, previendo la posibilidad de que a la hechicera se le haya agotado la provisión.

1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 13:

The Witch throws into a cauldron of water to boil: a toad, a lizard and a bat, beasties which the client generally takes it upon themself to bring, in case the sorcerer has run out of stock.


fagot

Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).


flauta

→ English: flauta

→ Tagalog: plawta


vaso

→ Basque: baso

→ Hiligaynon: baso

→ Kapampangan: basu

→ Karao: baso

→ Maguindanao: basu

→ Tagalog: baso

Inherited from Old Spanish vaso, from Latin vāsum, from vās.


cohete

→ Cebuano: kuwitis

→ Maguindanao: kuitis

→ Maranao: kowitis

→ Tagalog: kuwitis

Borrowed from Catalan coet, ultimately from Latin cauda (“tail”).


zafacón

Possibly from English Save a can, a WWII slogan accompanying the many recycling containers, but this origin is disputed with others citing an Arabic origin which better matches the spelling starting with z, rather than s.

(Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Panama) wastebasket, trashcan, garbage can, waste container


campana

Chavacano: campana

→ Cebuano: kampana

→ Papiamentu: kampana

→ Tagalog: kampana

a bell-shaped (or roughly) object or component (such as the canopy of a parachute)


caja

→ Cebuano: kaha

→ Tagalog: kaha

Probably borrowed from Catalan caixa or Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa. (Latin /-ps-/ yields palatal outcomes in the latter two, but not in Spanish; cf. Latin ipse > Sp. ese, Catalan eixe.) Related to English case and cash and, more distantly, Spanish quijada.


sacacorchos

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


jarrón

From jarro + -ón (augmentative suffix). Displaced Latin vāsum.

vase (container used for displaying flowers)


jabalina

Borrowed from French javeline, from Old French javelline, diminutive of javelot (“spear”), from Vulgar Latin *gabalottus, from Gaulish *gabalos (compare Old Irish gabul (“fork”), Welsh gafl), from Proto-Celtic *gabalos (“fork, forked branch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰabʰlos (“fork, branch of tree”).


jícara

→ Catalan: xicra

→ Sardinian: cìcara

→ English: jicara

→ Portuguese: xícara

→ Sicilian: cìcara

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xīcalli.

(Mexico, US, Central America, Philippines) calabash


jarro

→ Highland Popoluca: xa̱nu

→ Jakaltek: ẍalu

→ Rayón Zoque: šalu

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: xölo

→ Tzotzil: xalu


jaula

→ Tagalog: hawla

→ Cebuano: halwa

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: xöola

Borrowed from Old French jaiole, from Late Latin caveola, diminutive from Latin cavea. Compare gayola, an inherited doublet. Cognates include English jail.


jarra

Borrowed from Arabic جَرَّة (jarra, “earthern receptacle”), cognate with Catalan gerra, French jarre, Italian giara and English jar.


quijada

Inherited from Old Spanish quexada (cf. also quexar), from a Vulgar Latin *capseāta, derivative of *capseus (“chin”), itself a derivative of Latin capsa (“box”). Compare Portuguese and Galician queixada and queixo.


sable

From French sabre, from Hungarian szablya.


botella

→ Bikol Central: botelya

⇒ Bikol Central: bote

→ Catalan: botella

→ Cebuano: botelya

→ Tagalog: botelya (dated)

Tagalog: bote

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: botieya

→ Taos: butéyoną (+ -ną)

→ Yatzachi Zapotec: botey

→ Ye'kwana: joteya

→ Yogad: butelya

→ Yurok: poteya

Borrowed from French bouteille, from Late Latin butticula, diminutive of buttis (“cask, barrel”). Doublet of botija. Cognate with English bottle.

tank (closed container for liquids or gases)


taza

→ O'odham: ta꞉sa

→ Portuguese: taça

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: taas

→ Tagalog: tasa

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic طَاس, from Arabic طَاس (ṭās), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt); see there for more information. More at tejer, tela, telera, and tecno, which all may come from the same Indo-European root.


lápiz

→ Bikol Central: lapis

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: löpi̱s

Borrowed from Latin lapis (“stone”) (whence English lapidary and lapis lazuli), or through Italian lapis; compare also Portuguese lápis. Doublet of lápida.


binocular

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


arpa

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.


verga

Inherited from Old Spanish verga, berga, inherited from Latin virga (“slender green branch, twig, stick”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”). Compare Portuguese verga. Doublet of verja (“fence”).


abrelatas

→ Hiligaynon: abrilatas

→ Tagalog: abrelata

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

es-verb-obj

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


abrebotellas

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


pajilla

From paja (“straw (stalk of a cereal plant)”) + -illa (“diminutive suffix”).

suffix

(vulgar, slang, Spain) wank, handjob, masturbation


verso

Borrowed from Latin versus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish viesso.

(military, weaponry) small culverin (kind of cannon)


machete

→ Armenian: մաչետե (mačʻete)

→ Catalan: matxet

→ Czech: mačeta

→ Dutch: machete

→ English: machete

→ Esperanto: maĉeto

→ Finnish: machete

→ French: machette

→ Georgian: მაჩეტე (mačeṭe)

→ Italian: machete

→ Japanese: マチェテ (machete)

→ Macedonian: мачета (mačeta)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: machete

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: machete

→ Pochutec: mecheʹt

→ Polish: maczeta

→ Portuguese: machete

→ Tagalog: matsete

→ Russian: мачете (mačete)

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: machiete

desc

→ Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: machete

mediocre method for obtaining somewhat accurate results; shortcut


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)


mantel

Chavacano: mantél

→ Classical Nahuatl: mantēlex

“mantel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin mantēle, mantēlium. Doublet of mandil.

bor+

Te dejó sobre el mantel / Su adiós de papel

1971, Joan Manuel Serrat (lyrics and music), “Qué va a ser de ti”:


maleta

→ Central Tarahumara: maleta

> Chavacano: maleta (inherited)

→ Tagalog: maleta

From mala (“suitcase”, originally referred to a larger item like a chest or trunk) + -eta (diminutive suffix).


cajón

→ Cebuano: kahon

→ English: cajón

→ Portuguese: cajón

→ Tagalog: kahon, kason

From caja (“box”) + -ón (augmentative suffix).

(music) cajón (box-shaped percussion instrument)


frasco

Inherited from Latin flascō, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ; see also Old High German flasca, Old Norse flaska, English flask. Doublet of fiasco. Cognate with English flask.


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”).


explosivo

es-adj

explosivo (feminine explosiva, masculine plural explosivos, feminine plural explosivas)

explosiva (feminine)
explosivos (masculine plural)
explosivas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from French explosif, ultimately from Latin explōsus, remodelled with the cognate suffix -ivo.


bomba

bombazo

blockbuster; explosion from a bomb; bombshell

adjustable metal slide used to tune brass instruments

(Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela) petrol station


francotirador

es-noun

francotirador m (plural francotiradores, feminine francotiradora, feminine plural francotiradoras)

francotiradores (plural)
francotiradora (feminine)
francotiradoras (feminine plural)

Calque of French franc-tireur (“sniper, etc.”, literally “free-shooter”).


llave

→ Bikol Central: lyabe

→ Cebuano: yabe

→ 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.


costal

→ Tagalog: kostal

Borrowed from Latin costālis. First attested in 1843.

Tráeme tres costales de azúcar.

Me gusta andar por la sierra, me crié entre los matorrales / Ahí aprendí a hacer las cuentas nomás contando costales

1993, “Pacas de a kilo”, performed by Los Tigres del Norte:

gunny sack (a sack of cheap materials used to transport bulk dry goods)


lata

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: löta

Likely from Vulgar Latin *latta, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *lattō, but uncertain. Compare French latte, English lath.


coa de jima

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


chongo

Of disputed origin. Possibly borrowed from Classical Nahuatl.


brújula

From Italian bùssola (compare French boussole), from Vulgar Latin *buxula, a diminutive form of Late Latin buxis (“box”), from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “boxwood box, box”), from πύξος (púxos, “boxwood”). Apparently influenced by Spanish bruja (“witch”).


radial

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


velocímetro

speedometer (a device that indicates the speed of a vehicle)


navaja

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


vitro

Lo ideal es hacer el arroz en una cazuela de barro, pero también se puede hacer en una paella u otro tipo de cazuela que se pueda meter al horno y que sirva para el tipo de cocina que tengamos (vitro, gas o inducción…, ¡como si la tienes de leña!)

2022 February 15, Juan Montagu, “Arroz al horno, más típico en Valencia que la paella”, in Alimente - El Confidencial:

Creo que en el futuro las vitro normales desaparecerán y el gas se pondrá poquísimo

2010 October 20, Mikel López Iturriaga, “¿INDUCCIÓN, VITROCERÁMICA O GAS?”, in El Comidista - El País:

Una de las ventajas de la cocina de inducción con respecto a la vitro, es su mayor rapidez para calentar y, según informa 'Bankinter', su consumo supone un 20% menos de electricidad.

2021 October 17, “Cocina de gas, vitro o inducción: con cuál de ellas sale más caro cocinar y en qué se diferencian”, in As:

vitroceramic cooktop
vitroceramic cooktop

vitroceramic stovetop
vitroceramic stovetop

(colloquial) Clipping of vitrocerámica, ceramic stove, ceramic cooker, (US, CA) ceramic cooktop, (US, CA) ceramic stovetop, (UK, AU, NZ) ceramic hob; (UK, AU, NZ) smooth top stove; vitroceramic stove, vitroceramic cooker, (US, CA) vitroceramic cooktop, (US, CA) vitroceramic stovetop, (UK, AU, NZ) vitroceramic hob


laúd

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd), via Andalusian Arabic.


escopeta

→ Murui Huitoto: kobeda

→ Neapolitan: scoppetta

→ Portuguese: escopeta

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: escopieta


pistola

→ Basque: pistola

→ Bikol Central: pistola

→ Cebuano: pistola

→ San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: pistola

→ Tagalog: pistola

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pi̱stula

Borrowed from German Pistole, from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”).


bolsa

→ Cebuano: bulsa

→ Guaraní: vosa

→ Tagalog: bulsa

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: puxajtli̱

Inherited from Late Latin bursa. Doublet of bursa. Cognate with English burse (“purse”).


fusta

Feminized counterpart to Spanish fuste. Compare Catalan fusta, Portuguese fusta.

light boat with one or two masts, often used for exploration


tenedor

es-noun

tenedor m (plural tenedores, feminine tenedora, feminine plural tenedoras)

tenedores (plural)
tenedora (feminine)
tenedoras (feminine plural)

Chavacano: tenedor

→ Asturian: tenedor

→ Bikol Central: tenedor

→ Cebuano: tinidor

→ Ilocano: tinidor

→ Maguindanao: tinidul

→ Tagalog: tenedor


huso

Inherited from Latin fūsus. Cognate with English fuse.


barril

Borrowed from French baril. As an English unit, calqued from English barrel.

barrel (large container made of wood staves bound with metal rings or an equivalent container)


cubo

(Spain, Cuba) bucket, pail (a container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items)


cesto

Inherited from Latin cista. Doublet of cesta. Cognate with English cist and chest.

quien hace un cesto hará ciento, si le dan mimbres y tiempo

(Bolivia, Ecuador, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru) laundry basket, hamper (made of any material including plastic)

(Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uruguay) laundry basket, hamper, mesh pop-up hamper (not made of plastic but rather consists of soft material such as polyester and/or cotton)


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.


aljaba

Borrowed from Arabic الجَعْبَة (al-jaʕba).


ataúd

Borrowed from Arabic تَابُوت (tābūt), via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Portuguese ataúde.

Y al reposar sonó con recio golpe, / solemne, en el silencio. / Un golpe de ataúd en tierra es algo / perfectamente serio.

1907, Antonio Machado, “En el entierro de un amigo [At a Friend's Burial]”, in Soledades, galerías y otros poemas:

And when laid to rest the thud sounded out / solemnly in the silence. / The thud of a coffin in the earth is something / entirely serious.


abrojo

Inherited from Latin aperī oculōs (“open [your] eyes!”).


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.


cacha

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *capla, contracted form of Late Latin capula, plural of capulum (“hilt”), from Latin capiō.

(often in the plural, firearms) stock, buttstock, butt (the part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shoulder)


trompa

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Frankish *trumpa or Old High German trumpa, trumba, of imitative origin, similar to English drum.

onomatopoeic

imitative

He usado y abusado de la trompa, sin cuidarme de atenuar la ronquera de su sonido, y ahora, en esta transformación de mis ideas y en esta repugnancia de la épica militar, me he quedado sin instrumento, pues aunque soplara la trompa, no sacaría de ella más que lamentos desacordes.

1905, Benito Pérez Galdós, Aita Tettauen:


bolígrafo

From bola (“ball”) + -grafo (“that writes”).


pólvora

→ Aragonese: polvora

→ Galician: pólvora

→ Portuguese: pólvora

→ Tagalog: pulbura
→ Tausug: pulbura

Most likely borrowed from Old Catalan polvora (first attested in Spanish c. 1350), from older polvera, from Late Latin pŭlvĕra, neuter plural based on Latin pulvis m. Compare French poudre or Old Occitan polvera, poldra, porba. Doublet of polvo < *pulvus.


bota

Inherited from Late Latin buttis, with a change of suffix, and probably of Ancient Greek origin. Compare English butt (“large cask”).

wineskin, bota bag; soft pouch, usually suspended from a cord or lanyard, for carrying wine or other beverages (similar to a canteen)


morsa

(Argentina, Uruguay) (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.


porra

From Latin porrum (“leek”). Compare English porray (“a type of stew”), as well as English porridge.

club, baton, truncheon, nightstick (a baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer)


antinuclear

es-adj

antinuclear m or f (masculine and feminine plural antinucleares)

antinucleares (feminine masculine plural)

Al mismo tiempo, decenas de miles de personas han salido a las calles en una imagen que recuerda a las manifestaciones antinucleares que siguieron al desastre de Fukushima.

2015 August 2, “Las heridas de Hiroshima”, in El País:

At the same time, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in an image reminiscent of the antinuclear demonstrations that followed the Fukushima disaster.


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)


asta

Inherited from Latin hasta. Compare Italian asta (“pole, rod”), Catalan ast (“spit”).

a media asta


licuadora

blender (machine for mashing, crushing or liquefying food ingredients)


destornillador

es-noun

destornillador m (plural destornilladores)

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)


cañón

From caño (“tube, pipe”) + -ón (augmentative).

suffix

(Mexico, colloquial) powerful, intense, difficult


biberón

→ Cebuano: biberon


estuche

Borrowed from Occitan estug, from Occitan estujar, from Latin studium. Compare Catalan estoig. Doublet of estudio.


canasto

→ Dutch: kanaster, knaster

→ English: canaster

→ German: Knaster
→ English: knaster

→? Traveller Norwegian: knaster

From Latin cānastrum. Cognate with English canister.

(Andalusia, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) laundry basket, hamper (made of any kind of material)


trombón

→ Tagalog: trombón


montante

window over the door to a room; fanlight


cuba

Inherited from Old Spanish cuba, from Latin cūpa, from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”). Doublet of copa, via the Latin variant cŭppa.


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.


mochila

→ Portuguese: mochila

From mochil (“errand boy”), borrowed from Basque motxil, diminutive form of motil, mutil (“boy”).


dixie

Unadapted borrowing from English dixie, from Hindi देगची (degcī).


paquete

(colloquial, Spain) lunchbox (male genitals enclosed in clothing)


saco

→ Seri: saaco (“blouse”)

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: saaku

Inherited from Old Spanish saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.


bocina

→ Cebuano: bosina

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Late Latin būcina (“trumpet”), probably influenced by boca (“mouth”) or voz (“voice”) in Spanish. Cognate with French buisine (“medieval wind instrument”).

cog

tocar la bocina

horn (loud alarm, especially on a motor vehicle)

conch shell (used as a musical instrument)


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.


carabina

→ Central Tarahumara: karabina

Borrowed from French carabine (“carbine”), from Old French carabin (“mounted rifleman”), perhaps from escarrabin (“corpse bearer during the plague”, literally “carrion beetle”), from scarabée (“dung beetle”), from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”).


eslabón

Inherited from Old Spanish eslavón, esclavón. Probably from Gothic *𐍃𐌽𐍉𐌱𐍉 (*snōbō), from Proto-Indo-European *snēp-, a variant of *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, to weave”), related to Old High German snuoba, snuaba (“loop, link”), which is possibly cognate to pre-Classical Latin numella (“collar on the neck to impede movement”). Compare further at Proto-Slavic *snopъ (“bundle, sheaf”).
Coromines and Pascual reject this etymology due to the Germanic term being attested in Old High German only, and because words of this declension are typically borrowed with -o or -a (cf. frasco), suggesting instead that it was derived from esclavo (“slave”) + -ón, the former borrowed from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), referring to the Slav trade in slaves.


tímpano

From Latin tympanum, from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon). Doublet of timbre.


guitarra

→ Cebuano: gitara

desctree

→ English: guitar, guittar (obsolete), gittar (eye dialect)
→ Amharic: ጊታር (gitar)
→ Bengali: গিটার (giṭar)
→ Cantonese: 結他／结他 (git3 taa1)
→ Gujarati: ગિટાર (giṭār)
→ Hindi: गिटार (giṭār)
→ Irish: giotár
→ Japanese: ギター (gitā)
→ Hakka: 吉他 (kí-tá)
→ Hokkien: 吉他 (gì-tà, gih-tah)
→ Korean: 기타 (gita)
→ Mandarin: 吉他 (jítā)
→ Scottish Gaelic: giotàr
→ Sidamo: giitare
→ Thai: กีตาร์ (gii-dtâa)

→ French: guitare

⇒ Old French: guiterne

→ English: gittern

⇒ English: cittern

→ German: Gitarre

→ Hungarian: gitár

→ Latvian: ģitāra

→ Macedonian: гитара (gitara)

→ Polish: gitara

→ Russian: гитара (gitara)

→ Mongolian: гитар (gitar)

→ Serbo-Croatian: гитара

→ Tagalog: gitara

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: qui̱töra

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kithárā)bor.
Aramaic קיתראbor.
Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)bor.
Old Spanish guitarra
Spanish guitarraInherited from Old Spanish guitarra, borrowed from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), borrowed from Aramaic קיתרא, borrowed from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kithárā). Doublet of cítara.


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


misil

missile (a self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched)


barrica

From Gascon Occitan barrique, from Old Occitan barrica, from Vulgar Latin *barrica (“barrel, cask”), from Gaulish *baril (“cask, barrel”).


órgano

→ Basque: organo

→ Tagalog: organo

Probably a borrowing or semi-learned term from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon). Compare the popular form found in place names like Boca de Huérgano.

(music) organ (a musical instrument made of multiple pipes)


carrizo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cariceus, from Latin carex.

any of various plants found in reed beds

Phragmites australis
Phragmites australis#Translingual


gaita

Probably from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, “goat”). More at Portuguese gaita.


tiroteo

Deverbal from tirotear. Compare Portuguese tiroteio and English tirade.

Un tiroteo este miércoles en un patio de trenes ha dejado al menos nueve personas muertas y varias heridas en la ciudad de San José, entre ellas el atacante, según han confirmado las autoridades del condado de Santa Clara, al sur de San Francisco, California.

2021 May 26, Luis Pablo Beauregard, “Al menos nueve muertos en un tiroteo en una instalación ferroviaria de San José (California)”, in El País, retrieved 2021-05-26:


baúl

Borrowed from French bahut. Compare Catalan baül.


bisturí

es-noun

bisturí m (plural bisturís or bisturíes)

Borrowed from French bistouri, from archaic Italian pistorese or pistorino (“from Pistoia”). Doublet of pistoyés.


cubeta

→ Tagalog: kubeta

(Honduras, Mexico) bucket, pail (container)


violín

→ Tagalog: biyolín

→ Waray-Waray: biyolin


compás

Apparently from Old French compas, perhaps from Medieval Latin compassus (“circle, circuit”), or the medieval Latin term is derived from Old French. In either case, deverbal from Vulgar Latin *compassāre (“to pace off”), from com- + *passāre (“to step”), from Latin passus (“step”), originally the perfect passive participle of pandō (“to stretch out”).

der

pair of compasses (tool used to draw circles)


cacerola

Compare French casserole, Galician cazola, and English casserole.


guacal

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huacalli.


petaca

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl petlācalli (“woven wicker hamper”), from petlatl (“woven mat”) + ācalli (“boat”), from ātl (“water”) + calli (“house, structure”).

hip flask (a container designed to hold small amounts of alcohol, especially spirits, for personal consumption on the go)

Carlos Sobera ha ejercido de técnico de sonido cuando ha tenido que colocar a nuestro concursante la petaca del micrófono en su sitio

2014 May 19, “AUM: Colocando la petaca”, in Antena 3:

El alcohol hizo mella en el concursante que reaccionó lanzando vasos al suelo, rompiendo su petaca y molestando a Pilarita que trataba de dormir.

2009 December 11, “La «lamentable» borrachera de Siscu en Gran Hermano”, in Diario Vasco:

Al inicio, los 33 diputados de Vox han abandonado el hemiciclo y han dejado sus pinganillos y petacas en el asiento del presidente del Gobierno.

2023 September 19, El País, “El Congreso estrena el uso de catalán, euskera y gallego en el pleno con un plante de Vox y la protesta del PP”, in El País, retrieved 2023-09-19:

bodypack (a small box housing a transmitter and battery pack, used with a microphone)


acordeón

(Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Bolivia) a cheat sheet folded like an accordion


pandereta

(Puerto Rico) a type of frame drum lacking the metallic jinglers found on the shell of a tambourine, and characteristically used in plena music


tambor

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic تابول (ṭabbūl), hypocorism/diminutive of Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see Persian طبل (“drum”).

(architecture) drum (wall that supports a dome)


caramillo

Inherited from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of Latin calamus. Probably a doublet of caramelo.


cofre

Borrowed from French coffre. Cognate with English coffer. Doublet of cuévano.

bonnet, hood (engine compartment of a car)


armadura

Inherited from Old Spanish armadura, from Latin armātūra (“armour”).


cartucho

→ Catalan: cartutx


triángulo

→ Tagalog: triyanggulo


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


cañón de avancarga

cañón de avancarga m (plural cañones de avancarga)


sartén

Inherited from Late Latin sartāginem (“frying pan”). Compare Portuguese sertã.

inh+

le dijo la sartén al cazo ¡aparta que me tiznas!


marcador

(biology) marker (a gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome)

(Latin America) marker (a felt-tipped pen)


salterio

Borrowed from Latin psalterium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion).


arquero

es-noun

arquero m (plural arqueros, feminine arquera, feminine plural arqueras)

arqueros (plural)
arquera (feminine)
arqueras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish arquero, possibly corresponding to Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Analyzable as arco (“bow”) + -ero. Sense "goalkeeper" derived from arco (“goal”) + -ero


gongo

See gong; senses reinforced by English gong.


abrecartas

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


matriz

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


bajón

→ Tagalog: bahón

From bajo (“low, not high”) + -ón (augmentative suffix).


alforja

→ English: alforja

From Andalusian Arabic الخُرْج (al-ḵurj), from Arabic خُرْج (ḵurj, “saddlebag”).

Acudió Sancho a su asno para sacar de las alforjas con qué limpiarse y con qué curar a su amo, y como no las halló estuvo a punto de perder el juicio: maldíjose de nuevo y propuso en su corazón de dejar a su amo y volverse a su tierra, aunque perdiese el salario de lo servido y las esperanzas del gobierno de la prometida ínsula.

1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo XVIII”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:

Sancho ran to his ass to get something wherewith to clean himself out of his saddlebags, and relieve his master; but not finding them, he well-nigh took leave of his senses, and cursed himself anew, and in his heart resolved to quit his master and return home, even though he forfeited the wages of his service and all hopes of the promised island.

pannier (basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal)


cáliz

→ Cebuano: kalis

→ Hiligaynon: kalis

→ Tagalog: kalis

Borrowed from Latin calicem. Doublet of cauce.


martillo perforador

es-noun

martillo perforador m (plural martillos perforadores)


martillo sacaclavos

martillo sacaclavos m (plural martillos sacaclavos)


estoque

From Old French estoc (“end of a sword”).


aguamanil

Inherited from Late Latin aquamanīle, from Latin aqua (“water”), and the root of manus (“hand”). Compare Portuguese gomil, agomil.


estropajo

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


azada

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


arpón

→ Ye'kwana: adajuuna


alcancía

→ Cebuano: alkansiya

→ Hiligaynon: alkansiya

→ Maranao: alkansiya

→ Tagalog: alkansiya

→ Tausug: alkansiya

→ Yakan: alkansiya

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic *كنزية (kanzíyya), from Arabic كَنْز (kanz).

bor+

(Latin America, Philippines, Canary Islands, Andalusia) piggy bank


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)


tuerca

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *torca (“coiled object”), alteration of Latin torqua, variant of torquis.


gaveta

Borrowed from Italian gavetta, from Latin găbata.

drawer (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing)


tarro

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic تاقرة (tāqra, “milking pail”), which is also found as a liquid measure tagra rarely in Galician-Portuguese, in Old Spanish tagara (“bowl”) and Old Leonese tagara, tagarra (“bowl”), and in Spanish tarreñas, tarrañuelas (“two pieces of slate or earthenware placed between the fingers to rattle”), and is ultimately one of the many variants of Latin tēgula (“a tile also for frying”), which is found in the meaning of a jar for example in Macedonian тегла (tegla, “jar”). Doublet of teja.


cargador

[kaɾ.ɣ̞aˈð̞oɾ]


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)


cerbatana

Borrowed from Arabic سَبَطَانَة (sabaṭāna).


alfanje

From Andalusian Arabic الخنجر (al-ḵánjar, “dagger”), from Classical Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar, “dagger”), from Persian خونگر (xungar).

der

scimitar (sword of Middle Eastern origin with a curved blade)


almádena

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”).


falcata

Coined in 1872 by the Spanish historian and archaeologist Fernando Fulgosio, based on Latin falcatus (“sickle-shaped”). The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.

Las falcatas de Pozo Moro se encuentran muy deterioradas, lo que impide, en muchos casos, la determinación de sus dimensiones básicas.

2003, Laura Alcalá-Zamora, “La necrópolis ibérica de Pozo Moro”, in Bibliotheca Archaeologica Hispana, page 123:


trompeta

es-noun

trompeta m or f by sense (plural trompetas)

From trompa + -eta (compare French trompette).


charango

[t͡ʃaˈɾãŋ.ɡo]


lezna

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.


caldero

→ Bikol Central: kaldero

→ Cebuano: kaldero

→ Tagalog: kaldero

From Late Latin caldāria~caldārium (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Doublet of caldera.


cazo

Inherited from Late Latin cattia, possibly reinterpreted as a neuter collective plural, if so, the Spanish form may be from a Vulgar Latin *cattium.


puchero

Inherited from Latin pultārius (“cooking pot”).


bomba de racimo

es-noun

bomba de racimo f (plural bombas de racimo)


azadón

→ Kaqchikel: asaron

→ Mayo: asarón

→ Tagalog: asarol

(rustic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) a selfish, self-centered person; an egotist


zampoña

Inherited from Old Spanish çanpoña, from Latin symphōnia. Doublet of sinfonía and zanfonía.


zurrón

Speculated to be from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia by comparison to Basque zorro (“sack”). Cognate with Asturian zurrón, Catalan sarró, Galician zurrón, Mirandese çurron, and Occitan sarroû, Portuguese surrão. According to Corriente and co-authors from Arabic صُرَّة (ṣurra) + -ón, the Occitano-Romance vocalization must be due to contamination.

Lincolnshire spinach
Lincolnshire spinach

Blitum bonus-henricus
Blitum bonus-henricus#Translingual

Good King Henry, Lincolnshire spinach (Blitum bonus-henricus)


tridente

[t̪ɾiˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]


monedero

From moneda (“coin”) + -ero. Doublet of monetario.


rodillo

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


cucharón

→ Cebuano: kutsaron

→ Tagalog: kutsaron

From cuchara (“spoon”) + -ón (augmentative suffix).

af

ladle (deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle)


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)


matraca

From dialectal Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq). See Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ) for more.


trompa de los Alpes

es-noun

trompa de los Alpes f (plural trompas de los Alpes)


termonuclear

es-adj

termonuclear m or f (masculine and feminine plural termonucleares)

termonucleares (feminine masculine plural)


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”).


cazuela

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: casfiela


portaminas

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + minas (“pencil leads”). Compare French porte-mine.


grafómetro

graphometer, semicircle (surveying instrument)


instrumento musical

es-noun

instrumento musical m (plural instrumentos musicales)


apero

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


requinto

(music) requinto; a smaller, higher-pitched version of another instrument, e.g. a clarinet or guitar


alcarraza

→ English: alcarraza

Borrowed from Arabic الكُرَّاز (al-kurrāz), from Aramaic כרז / כרוז (“a type of container”), possibly from Akkadian 𒆳𒍣𒍝𒆪 (/kurziza, kurzizakku/, “a basket, container”), from Sumerian 𒄥𒋛𒁲 (/gursisa/, “basket, container”, literally “normal or standard 𒄥 (gur)”).

der

alcarraza (jug made of porous earthenware)


humidificador

es-noun

humidificador m (plural humidificadores)


garabato

doodle, scribble (small mindless sketch)

scribble, scratching (illegible writing)


sierra eléctrica

sierra eléctrica f (plural sierras eléctricas)


sorbeto

Derived from sorber (“suck [a liquid]”).

(countable) (Panama, Puerto Rico) drinking straw


sorbete

Borrowed from French sorbet (“frozen fruit juice dessert”), cf. Brazilian Portuguese sorvete (“ice cream”), from Turkish şerbet (“sherbet”), from Arabic شُرْبَة (šurba, “a drink”), from Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”).


cantimplora

Borrowed from Catalan cantimplora (literally “it sings and it cries”).


bomba atómica

es-noun

bomba atómica f (plural bombas atómicas)


tonel

From Old French tonel (“barrel”), diminutive of tone (“large barrel”), from Late Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). Cognate with Galician and Portuguese tonel and Catalan tona.


pandero

From at least early Medieval Latin pandōrium (“piped instrument”), after Pan, according to Isidore of Seville, from Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán). Writing in thirteenth century Iberia, Juan Gil de Zamora, closely following Isidore but altering the passage, describes it as an instrument similar to the tambourine.

der

tambourine (percussion instrument consisting of a small hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread)


fierro

Papiamentu: heru

Variant of hierro preserving the initial /f/ in Old Spanish fierro, from Latin ferrum.

El rancho marca su ganado con fierro

The ranch marks its cattle with a brand.


tachuela

Que ponga tachuelas en mis zapatos

1972, “Necesito”, in Vida, performed by Sui Generis:


sierra de vaivén

es-noun

sierra de vaivén f (plural sierras de vaivén)


armónico

es-adj

armónico (feminine armónica, masculine plural armónicos, feminine plural armónicas)

armónica (feminine)
armónicos (masculine plural)
armónicas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονικός (harmonikós), from ἁρμονία (harmonía).


armónico

→ English: armónico


guitarra eléctrica

es-noun

guitarra eléctrica f (plural guitarras eléctricas)


guitarra acústica

guitarra acústica f (plural guitarras acústicas)


invierno nuclear

invierno nuclear m (plural inviernos nucleares)


bandurria

→ English: bandurria, bandore

From Latin pandurium, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra). Cognate to Portuguese pandeiro.


troja

Mantenía siempre los esenciales en las trojas.

He always kept the essentials in the saddlebags.


güira

La güira se divide en dos partes: «la de arriba era el cielo; la de abajo, la tierra» http://books.google.es/books?id=8cbXAAAAMAAJ&q=g%C3%BCira&dq=g%C3%BCira&hl=es&ei=m5PZTJiVBsHJhAeP0NHRAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA.

(Dominican Republic) güira (percussion instrument)


ánfora

Borrowed from Latin amphora, from Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús).


atabal

→ English: atabal

Borrowed from Arabic الطَّبْل (aṭ-ṭabl, “drum”), طَبَلَ (ṭabala, “to drum”).

bor+

atabal (kind of tabor used by the Moors)


cimitarra

Borrowed from Italian scimitarra (“scimitar”), of unknown origin.


arcabuz

desc

→ Arabic: قَابُوس (qābūs), كَابُوس (kābūs), كَبُوس (kabūs)

→ Jakaltek: alcapus

→ Tagalog: alkabus

→ Ye'kwana: adakujusa

Borrowed from French arquebuse, from Dutch haakbus (“hook tube”).


bongó

American Spanish, from a Bantu language; probably Ekele boungu.


barra de equilibrio

es-noun

barra de equilibrio f (plural barras de equilibrio)


itacate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ihtacatl (“provisions”).


manopla

→ Portuguese: manopla

From an alteration of Latin manipulus (“maniple, handful”), diminutive of manus (“hand”). Compare Catalan manyopla.


talega

Inherited from Old Spanish talega, from Andalusian Arabic تَعْلِيقَة (taʕlīqa, “something hung, suspended”), akin to Galician taleiga.


manómetro

Formed from Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “thin, rare”) + -metro.

manometer (instrument used to measure pressure in a fluid)


bomba de hidrógeno

es-noun

bomba de hidrógeno f (plural bombas de hidrógeno)


chiquihuite

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chiquihuitl (“basket”).

bor+

(Guatemala, Mexico) a small, handleless woven wicker or reed basket


excavadora

excavator, digger (construction equipment)


féretro

Borrowed from Latin ferētrum, from Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron).


paila

From Latin patella. Doublet of padilla, paella, and puela.

(El Salvador, Guatemala) a small shallow plate, similar to the plates upon which a cup of coffee is served


maza

From a Vulgar Latin *ma(t)tea, from Latin mateola, from a Proto-Indo-European root describing similar tools; see also Old High German medela (“plow”), Old Church Slavonic мотыка (motyka, “mattock”), Sanskrit मत्य (matya, “club, harrow”). Related to Portuguese maça, Catalan maça, French masse, Italian mazza, English mace.


espuerta

Inherited from Latin sporta (“plaited basket, hamper”).

inh+

hamper, two-handled basket (a plaited basket with two handles, usually made from esparto grass or palm leaves)


sujetapapeles

Verb-object compound, composed of sujeta (“to hold, to secure”) + papeles (“papers”).


carcaj

From Old Spanish carcax, from Old French carcois, carquais, tarquait, tarchais, borrowed in turn from Byzantine Greek καρκάσιον (karkásion), a medieval variant of ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تِرْكَاش (tirkāš), from Persian تیرکش (tirkaš). The -x in Old Spanish may be due to Old Catalan carcax (modern Catalan carcaix) as an intermediate.


arrocera

(Cuba) paddy, rice paddy (field where rice is grown)


tabaque

From Andalusian Arabic طَبَق (ṭabáq), from Arabic طَبَق (ṭabaq, “plate”).


caja de seguridad

es-noun

caja de seguridad f (plural cajas de seguridad)


lanzafuegos

Verb-object compound, composed of lanza (“to launch, to throw”) + fuegos (“fires”).


matapolicías

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + policías (“police”).


acidímetro

(chemistry) acidimeter (an instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids)


batímetro

From bati- + -metro, from Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús, “deep”) and μέτρον (métron, “measure”).


jabeba

Aphaeresis of ajabeba, from Old Spanish axabeba, from Andalusian Arabic الشَّبَّابَة (aš-šabbába), from Arabic شَبَّابَة (šabbāba).

der

الشَّبَّابَة

(historical) a type of flute intended to imitate the sound of an organ; used predominantly by Moriscos in medieval Spain


damajuana

From dama + Juana, calque of French dame-jeanne.


pipeta

pipette (small glass tube used for transferring liquid)


cuévano

Inherited from Latin cophinus (“hamper, basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Compare Portuguese côvão, Italian cofano, French coffre. Doublet of cofre.


legra

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


lapicero

(Central Mexico) mechanical pencil (Canada, US), propelling pencil (UK)


botija

→ Catalan: botija

→ English: botija

→ Portuguese: botija

→ Tagalog: botiha, butiha

Inherited from Late Latin butticula. Doublet of botella, which comes from French bouteille; see also English bottle.


cajete

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl caxitl (“bowl, basin”).

bor+

(Mexico) a bowl, basin or similar container

(El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) an unglazed clay pot used in cooking

(Mexico) a hole made to plant a seed, plant, sapling, etc.


cajete

Shortening of molcajete, or directly from Classical Nahuatl caxitl; see above.


diyiridú

es-noun

diyiridú m (plural diyiridús or diyiridúes)


cántaro

From Latin cantharus (“cantharus”), from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos).

tanto va el cántaro a la fuente que al final se rompe


lanzacohetes

Verb-object compound, composed of lanza (“to launch”) + cohetes (“rockets, firecrackers”).

es-verb-obj

rocket-propelled grenade
rocket-propelled grenade


cofín

To be put together with Catalan cofí and French coffin, couffin. Unclear relations.
# the Spanish and Catalan have been considered borrowed from Arabic قُفَّة (quffa, “basket”), also present in Spanish cofa, Catalan cofa, Portuguese alcofa, which borrowing would have to be suffixed + -ín;
# or they may be borrowed from a faulty Medieval Latin pronunciation of Latin cophinus where the penultimate syllable is stressed, contrary to antiquity, and thus a doublet of cuévano;
# or Old French cofin (“basket”) borrowed perhaps via Old Occitan coffin from Latin cophinus (the inherited Old French form is cofre whence Spanish cofre) gave rise to the word in Catalan and Spanish – just as it went into English coffin –, which would explain the stress. However on the contrary the likeness of the French word may be the effect of it having been borrowed from Latin cophinus or from the Old Occitan word in turn borrowed from this Latin or suffixed from that Arabic.

unk

Unclear


maquila

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla, “measured”). In reference to factories, via clipping of maquiladora, from maquilar (“to assemble”) + -adora (“-ator: forming agent nouns”), from maquilar's original sense of taking a toll of grain.

bor+

(historical) maquila, half-almud (a traditional unit of dry measure of variable size)

Synonym of maquiladora (a factory or sweatshop in Latin American and Spanish contexts)


cuentakilómetros

es-noun

cuentakilómetros m (plural cuentakilómetros)

Verb-object compound, composed of cuenta (“to count”) + kilómetros (“kilometers”).


cuentarrevoluciones

es-noun

cuentarrevoluciones m (plural cuentarrevoluciones)

Verb-object compound, composed of cuenta (“to count”) + revoluciones (“revolutions”).

es-verb-obj

tachometer, rev counter (a device for measuring the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of a revolving shaft, as with the driveshaft of an automobile)


charrasca

A ese sonido se unió el estruendo de charrascas, maracas y tambores improvisados con botellas de agua y latas vacías.

2016 December 21, “Un plato de comida puede convertirse en un regalo de Navidad”, in El Nacional:

(music, Latin America) a jawbone used as a percussion instrument


ballesta

Inherited from Old Spanish ballesta, from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

crossbow (mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow)


capacho

Variant of capazo, from Latin capācem (“wide, roomy, capacious”).


eudiómetro

From Ancient Greek εὔδιος (eúdios) + -metro.


almud

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic المُدّ (al-mudd), from Arabic مُدّ (mudd), probably via Aramaic 𐡬𐡣𐡩𐡠 (mdyʾ) and מוֹדְיָא (moḏyā) or Classical Syriac ܡܘܿܕܝܳܐ (moḏyā) from Akkadian 𒉘𒈨𒌍 (/maddattu, middattu/, “kind of vessel, unit of volume”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μόδιος (módios) and Latin modius.

der

(historical, chiefly Spain) Synonym of celemín (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 4.6 liters)

celemín

(historical) almud (a traditional unit of dry measure of highly variable size)

(historical) almud (a low wide style of box traditionally used to measure almudes)


morral

Perico echó un rápido recuento a las ovejas y no se admiró de contar 51. "¡Ahora sí eran cincuenta y una!" Sonrió mientras abría su morral y devoraba su almuerzo.

Perico quickly counted the sheep and did not marvel 51. "Of course, there were fifty-one," he smiled as he opened his knapsack and ate his lunch.


búcaro

→ Italian: bucchero, buccaro (archaic)

Borrowed from Portuguese púcaro, from Old Galician-Portuguese pucaro, from Latin pōculum (“drinking cup”), from Proto-Italic *pōtlom, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₃tlom, derived from the root *peh₃- (“to drink”). Doublet of póculo.


neceser

Borrowed from French nécessaire (“necessary”), from Latin necessārius. Doublet of necesario. Compare English necessaire, Italian and Portuguese nécessaire, German Necessaire.

bor+

(UK) washbag, (UK) toilet bag, toiletry bag, toiletry kit, (US) Dopp kit, sponge bag, ditty bag


alcántara

Borrowed from Arabic القَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara).


podómetro

pedometer (device that measures the number of steps taken)


porongo

Borrowed from Quechua purunku (“calabash, plant and fruit and vessel of the calabash vine”), itself probably an ancient wanderwort from the South Sea for an inedible variety of calabash vine.


aerómetro

(physics) aerometer (instrument used to measure mass and density of gases)


aerófono

aerophone (a musical instrument that produces sound by vibrating air)


acelerómetro

(physics) accelerometer (instrument for measuring acceleration)


psicrómetro

(meteorology) psychrometer (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity)


amoladora angular

es-noun

amoladora angular f (plural amoladoras angulares)

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


acetre

Borrowed from Arabic سَطْل (saṭl), via Andalusian Arabic. Doublet of sítula.


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


erque

1997, Federico B. Kirbus, Claudia Forgione de Pelissero, Jorge Schulte, Un Viaje a los ritos del noroeste, Capuz Varela, unlisted page

Certain musical instruments, such as the erque, are difficult and demanding to play.

Ciertos instrumentos musicales, como por caso el erque, son de ejecución difícil y exigente.

(music) a type of long horn used in northwestern Argentina


tacómetro

From Ancient Greek τάχος (tákhos) + -metro.

tachometer (device for measuring velocity)


cúter

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


Guerra Fría

Cold War (a period of history from 1945-1991)


macana

Se dejaron venir los granaderos con escudos y macanas.

1970, Carlos Monsiváis, Días de guardar, Ediciones Era, page 265:

The grenadiers came with shields and batons.

(Americas, Latin America) baton, nightstick

La siembra es realizada con arado de bueyes, con macana o chuzo y al voleo, en este último caso principalmente el sorgo.

1979, Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Enseñanza, Vocabulario de indigenismos en las Crónias de Indias, page 6:

The sowing is done using a plough pulled by oxen, using macanas or chuzos and by casting, this last one is used especially for sorghum.

(Costa Rica, El Savador, Honduras, Nicaragua) a farm tool used to dig small holes


semiautomático

es-adj

semiautomático (feminine semiautomática, masculine plural semiautomáticos, feminine plural semiautomáticas)

semiautomática (feminine)
semiautomáticos (masculine plural)
semiautomáticas (feminine plural)


llave inglesa

es-noun

llave inglesa f (plural llaves inglesas)

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


carraca

(music) ratchet, rattle, football rattle

(colloquial) (UK) banger, (US) beater, bucket, hooptie, jalopy, shitbox, crock (old vehicle)


jineta

All the senses come from jinete except the sense referring to the genet, which is of uncertain origin but may also be from or cognate to jinete.

a short sword once carried by an infantry captain


verduguillo

a type of rapier with a long, thin blade


parazonio

Borrowed from Latin parazōnium, from Ancient Greek παραζώνιον (parazṓnion).


hidrocristalófono

hidrocristalófono m (plural hidrocristalófonos)

Primero, por el instrumento que toca, el clarinete, que los jazzistas modernos han abandonado en lo más profundo del baúl de los recuerdos, junto a la tuba en si bemol, el ukelele y la armónica de cristal o hidrocristalófono; segundo, por sus maneras propias de showoman consumada pese a su aparente corta edad (imposible obtener dato alguno acerca de su año de nacimiento a través de Internet).

2015 July 18, “La tristeza de un país alegre”, in El País:


espineta

(music) spinet (short, compact harpsichord)


areómetro

From Ancient Greek ἀραιός (araiós) + -metro.


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)


desnuclearización

La neutralidad y la desnuclearización son fines de la política del Estado, según la constitución bielorrusa.

2015 October 11, “Lukashenko, el último dictador de Europa busca su quinta reelección”, in El País:


mosquetón

El arsenal de la compañía ISS, especialidad en atrezzo, asciende a más de 15.000 piezas, desde mosquetones de pólvora suelta a las más modernas máquinas de guerra.

2015 November 3, “Vídeo: ¿De dónde vienen las pistolas que aparecen en la pelis?”, in El País:


tecomate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tecomatl (“gourd-shaped vessel”).

bor+

a dry calabash used as a bottle or canteen


cartuchera

En la situación actual, sin embargo, los agentes están autorizados a portar sus armas (y por tanto la cartuchera) en cualquier lugar del territorio nacional aunque estén de fin de semana o de vacaciones.

2015 November 19, “Los policías franceses pueden desde hoy ir armados fuera de servicio”, in El País:

(colloquial, usually in the plural) love handle


máuser

From German Mauser; the surname of the original designers, Wilhelm and Paul Mauser.


cuerno de chivo

es-noun

cuerno de chivo m (plural cuernos de chivo)

Literally, “goat’s horn”. Sense 1 is in reference to the curved magazines fitted to Kalashnikov-pattern firearms, likened to the curvature of a goat's horn.


palanqueta

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


arma homicida

arma homicida f (plural armas homicidas)


chirimía

→ English: chirimia

El recorrido del 1 de enero es acompañado con música de tun y chirimía, y de una banda musical que interpreta melodías religiosas.

2015 December, “Rituales de fin de año”, in Prensa Libre:


zafra

Said to be from Arabic صَفْرَاء (ṣafrāʔ, “yellow”) because of its being made of brass (Arabic صُفْر (ṣufr), whence Spanish azófar). The resemblance with Arabic صَفَّى (ṣaffā, “to filter”), مِصْفاة (miṣfāh, “colander”) is then coincidental.


zafra

Borrowed from Arabic سَفْرة (safra, “trip, voyage”), because itinerant workers would travel during the harvest season.

bor+

"Dorante concluyó su zafra con record positivo.

2016 January, “Oropeza: "No tengo nada que reprochar a los peloteros"”, in El Nacional:

season (part of the year when something happens)


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.


goniómetro

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía) + -o- + -metro.


pistola de clavos

es-noun

pistola de clavos f (plural pistolas de clavos)


bomba nuclear

bomba nuclear f (plural bombas nucleares)


nanoherramienta

nanoherramienta f (plural nanoherramientas)


bomba termonuclear

bomba termonuclear f (plural bombas termonucleares)


juguera

(Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Peru, Uruguay) juicer


botijo

→ English: botijo

Al paso que van, no dudo que habrá que establecer trenes botijos para presidiarios reconocidos inocentes, después de haber pasado un cuarto de siglo trabajando bajo un sol que no alumbra

c. 1907, Luis Bonafoux, Gotas de sangre: crímenes y criminales:


dulzaina

→ English: dulzaina


yatagán

[ɟ͡ʝa.t̪aˈɣ̞ãn]

[ɟ͡ʝa.t̪aˈɣ̞ãn]


arma de destrucción masiva

arma de destrucción masiva f (plural armas de destrucción masiva)

weapon of mass destruction
weapon of mass destruction


pozuelo

According to Coromines and Pascual, a variant of pocillo (“small bowl”) with a change of diminutive suffix to -uelo, therefore ultimately a term derived from Latin pōculum (“drinking cup”). First attested in the late 19th century.
This term is commonly mentioned as an inherited descendant of Latin puteolus (“small well, pit”) (e.g. by Ralph Penny in A History of the Spanish Language, 1991), or alternatively by surface analysis, pozo + -uelo (e.g. by Real Academia Española), but Coromines and Pascual reject the etymology due to semantic difficulties.

Aunque actualmente se acomete en varios municipios cubanos un importante plan de reparación en estos sitios, aún muchos de ellos no son lugares tan acogedores como se espera, y los ancianos prefieren regresar a casa con almuerzo y comida en los pozuelos, y alimentarse allá, solos.

2017 March 13, “¿Servir comida y ya?”, in Juventud Rebelde:

Although a significant reparation plan is being undertaken in numerous Cuban towns, many of them are still not as hospitable as expected, and the elderly prefer to return home with food in their bowls, and eat there, alone.


trapeador

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


arma biológica

arma biológica f (plural armas biológicas)


copela

From Medieval Latin cūpella, diminutive of Latin cūpa (“cask”).


nivelador

es-adj

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

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


flauta travesera

es-noun

flauta travesera f (plural flautas traveseras)

Western concert flute
Western concert flute


pistolete

pistolet (a type of firearm that is shorter than pistol)


cazacarros

Verb-object compound, composed of caza (“to hunt”) + carros (literally “cars”).


cureña

Uncertain. From older curueña, probably from an alteration of Latin columna (compare Old Occitan coronna, Milanese corogna), but probably influenced by cuero (as the carriages of crossbows were originally made of this material). Compare columna, which may be a doublet.

Después de romper la envoltura, desbasté el bloque con una lima gruesa, fijando al cañón por medio de sunchos de hojalata en una cureña fabricada con las tablas más gruesas de un cajón de kerosene.

1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:


tanate

(Mexico) a palm-leaf basket carried on the back; tenate

(Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) backpack, knapsack, or bundle

(in the plural, vulgar, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) ball; nut (testicle)


rabel

Daré mi rabel de boj, / que vale más que una troj, / porque yo le estimo en más.

1619, Lope de Vega, Fuente Ovejuna, Madrid, lines 286–289:

I will give my boxwood rebec, / which is worth more than a granary, / because I love him more.


tahalí

Borrowed from Arabic تَهْلِيل (tahlīl), whose original meaning of 'cheer', 'praise' was applied first to the wooden boxes Muslims used to carry their Qurans in and, then, to the straps used to cinch such boxes to their torsos.

Junto a mí, un soldado veterano de barba entrecana sacó el Corán de un precioso tahalí de cuero repujado y, a la luz de una fogata, comenzó a leer.

2014, Marceliano Galiano, El aroma del arrayán:

Next to me, a veteran soldier with a graying beard took the Quran from a lovely reliquary of embossed leather, and, by the light of a campfire, started to read.

(historical) reliquary; small case (for soldiers to carry a Quran)


almirez

From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic المِهْرَاس (al-mihrās).

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.


guardajoyas

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to keep; to guard (originally)”) + joyas (“jewels”).

guardar<t:to keep; to guard (originally)>


erina

Borrowed from French érine, older variant of érigne.


pasaportú

es-noun

pasaportú m (plural pasaportús or pasaportúes)

pasaportús (plural)
pasaportúes (plural)


garlopa

→ Zoogocho Zapotec: garlop


lápiz mecánico

lápiz mecánico m (plural lápices mecánicos)


pluma estilográfica

pluma estilográfica f (plural plumas estilográficas)


cumbo

Cadenas, cumbos, latas y laminas troqueladas , forman parte de los utensilios que son utilizados por los jóvenes, quienes esperan con ansias el 1 de noviembre para recorrer, con su creación, las calles de Tonacatepeque.

2016 October 31, “Descubra el municipio que será poseído por los espíritus”, in elsalvador.com:

(Central America) a pumpkin used to carry water


deshumidificador

deshumidificador m (plural deshumidificadores)


txistu

(music) a type of three-hole flute from the Basque Country


vitrocerámica

From vitro (“vidrio (glass) in Latin”) + cerámica (“ceramic”).

ceramic stove, ceramic cooker, (US, CA) ceramic cooktop, (US, CA) ceramic stovetop, (UK, AU, NZ) ceramic hob; (UK, AU, NZ) smooth top stove; vitroceramic stove, vitroceramic cooker, (US, CA) vitroceramic cooktop, (US, CA) vitroceramic stovetop, (UK, AU, NZ) vitroceramic hob


plegador

es-adj

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

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


piano de media cola

es-noun

piano de media cola m (plural pianos de media cola)


pactómetro

From pacto + -metro. Term coined by the Spanish journalist Antonio García Ferreras in the special news program Al Rojo Vivo in laSexta in the Spain general election on December 20, 2015.

Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament#English

(Spain) coalition builder (tool, app or program that is a calculator that allows calculating the sums of Members of Parliament between the parties for possible government pacts, after knowing the results of an election)


desnuclearizar

es-verb

desnuclearizar (first-person singular present desnuclearizo, first-person singular preterite desnuclearicé, past participle desnuclearizado)

desnuclearizo (first-person present singular)
desnuclearicé (first-person preterite singular)
desnuclearizado (participle past)
desnuclearizar (infinitive)
desnuclearizando (gerund)
desnuclearizado (masculine participle past singular)
desnuclearizada (feminine participle past singular)
desnuclearizados (masculine participle past plural)
desnuclearizadas (feminine participle past plural)
desnuclearizo (first-person indicative present singular)
desnuclearizas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
desnuclearizás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
desnucleariza (indicative present singular third-person)
desnuclearizamos (first-person indicative plural present)
desnuclearizáis (indicative plural present second-person)
desnuclearizan (indicative plural present third-person)
desnuclearizaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
desnuclearizabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
desnuclearizaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
desnuclearizábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
desnuclearizabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
desnuclearizaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
desnuclearicé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
desnuclearizaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
desnuclearizó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
desnuclearizamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
desnuclearizasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
desnuclearizaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
desnuclearizaré (first-person future indicative singular)
desnuclearizarás (future indicative second-person singular)
desnuclearizará (future indicative singular third-person)
desnuclearizaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
desnuclearizaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
desnuclearizarán (future indicative plural third-person)
desnuclearizaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
desnuclearizarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
desnuclearizaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
desnuclearizaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
desnuclearizaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
desnuclearizarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
desnuclearice (first-person present singular subjunctive)
desnuclearices (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
desnuclearicés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
desnuclearice (present singular subjunctive third-person)
desnuclearicemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
desnuclearicéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
desnuclearicen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
desnuclearizara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
desnuclearizaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
desnuclearizara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
desnuclearizáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
desnuclearizarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
desnuclearizaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
desnuclearizase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
desnuclearizases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
desnuclearizase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
desnuclearizásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
desnuclearizaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
desnuclearizasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
desnuclearizare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
desnuclearizares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
desnuclearizare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
desnuclearizáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
desnuclearizareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
desnuclearizaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
desnucleariza (imperative informal second-person singular)
desnuclearizá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
desnuclearice (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
desnuclearice (imperative singular third-person)
desnuclearicemos (first-person imperative plural)
desnuclearizad (imperative plural second-person)
desnuclearicen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
desnuclearicen (imperative plural third-person)
desnuclearices (imperative negative second-person singular)
desnuclearice (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
desnuclearice (imperative negative singular third-person)
desnuclearicemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
desnuclearicéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
desnuclearicen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
desnuclearicen (imperative negative plural third-person)


guampa

Borrowed from Quechua wampa (“drinking horn”).

bor+

“Hay gente que normalmente toma para festejar el día de la Virgen, y entonces vamos a estar ofreciendo el tereré yorador que incluye los remedios para yerar, la bombilla, la guampa, el agua y el hielo.

2016 December 2, “Tereré yorador para peregrinos “alegres””, in Crónica:

There are people who take the Day of the Virgin off, so we have to offer a hydrating tereré containing the substances needed to get over the hangover, the bombilla, the guampa, water and ice.


capador

(music) a type of pan pipe originating from the indigenous people of Colombia


tololoche

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tololontic (“round”).

Coordinate term: contrabajo

(Mexico, music) a traditional musical instrument from northern Mexico, similar to a double bass


centrifugadora para ensalada

es-noun

centrifugadora para ensalada f (plural centrifugadoras para ensalada)


procesador de alimentos

procesador de alimentos m (plural procesadores de alimentos)


chimbera

Una prueba de bueyes, más juegos infantiles y el campeonato de chimberas pondrán el colofón a la jornada.

2017 August 14, “Pruebas de bueyes, juegos infantiles, comida popular y romería en las fiestas de Santimami. Deia, Noticias de Bizkaia”, in Deia:

(Spain, Navarre, Basque Country) carbine


atornillador

(electronics, mechanics) screwdriver (electric)


marcador permanente

marcador permanente m (plural marcadores permanentes)


marcador fluorescente

marcador fluorescente m (plural marcadores fluorescentes)


bolígrafo de gel

bolígrafo de gel m (plural bolígrafos de gel)


tizona

De seguro que ellos no habrían puesto fin al desbarajuste sin el apoyo de un joven y bizarro oficial que cruzó de pronto por en medio de la turba, desnudó la tizona, que era de fina hoja de Toledo, y arremetió a cintarazos a los alborotadores [...].

1882, Ricardo Palma, Tradiciones peruanas:

Convinced that they wouldn't have put an end to the mess without the help of a young man and bizarre official who made his way through the mob, he unsheathed the sword, which was made of fine Toledo steel, and charged at the troublemakers with the blunt side of it.


agogó

agogo bell (percussion instrument consisting of two or three small conical bells)


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 instrumentos

caja de instrumentos f (plural cajas de instrumentos)


caja de herramientas

caja de herramientas f (plural cajas de herramientas)


ñoquera

a gnocchi board (grooved wooden board for making gnocchi)


robot de cocina

robot de cocina m (plural robots de cocina)


coscomate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cuezcomatl (“earthen vessel used to store grain”).

bor+

(Mexico) a closed earthenware vessel used to store corn


tornillo de banco

es-noun

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 ajustable

llave ajustable f (plural llaves ajustables)

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

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


llave grifa

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


llave francesa

llave francesa f (plural llaves francesas)


llave stillson

llave stillson f (plural llaves stillson)


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


cortapizzas

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


cortador de pizzas

es-noun

cortador de pizzas m (plural cortadores de pizzas)


cuentapasos

Verb-object compound, composed of cuenta (“to count”) + pasos (“steps”).

es-verb-obj

pedometer, step counter (device that measures the number of steps taken)


puño americano

es-noun

puño americano m (plural puños americanos)


bolómetro

From Ancient Greek βολή (bolḗ) + -o- + -metro.


zanfonía

Ultimately from Latin symphōnia, perhaps formed as a blend of the borrowed doublet sinfonía and the 'popular' zampoña.


amartillamiento

es-noun

amartillamiento m (plural amartillamientos)


túrmix

túrmix m or f same meaning (plural túrmix)

túrmix m or f same meaning (canonical)
túrmix (plural)


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)

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


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 circular

sierra circular f (plural sierras circulares)

circular saw (a power-saw with a circular cutting blade)


sierra de sable

sierra de sable f (plural sierras de sable)


sierra de arco

sierra de arco f (plural sierras de arco)

bow saw (a lightweight metal-framed saw in the shape of a bow with a removable coarse wide blade, used for cutting tree trunks)


sierra de cinta

sierra de cinta f (plural sierras de cinta)


serrucho de costilla

serrucho de costilla m (plural serruchos de costilla)

backsaw (handsaw that has a reinforcement along its back edge.)


serrucho de punta

serrucho de punta m (plural serruchos de punta)


sierra de punta

sierra de punta f (plural sierras de punta)


sierra para metales

sierra para metales f (plural sierras para metales)

hacksaw (fine-toothed, frame-mounted saw used to cut metal)


sierra ingletadora

sierra ingletadora f (plural sierras ingletadoras)


sierra de inglete

sierra de inglete f (plural sierras de inglete)


llave allen

(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)


bote de basura

bote de basura m (plural botes de basura)


lápiz de color

lápiz de color m (plural lápices de color)


guerra nuclear

guerra nuclear f (plural guerras nucleares)


organeta

A lo sumo llegué a tocar una organeta que me permitía darle forma a mis melodías.

2019 December 21, Jacques Sagot, “Brunhilda de Portilla, la compositora costarricense que se volvió el alma de la Navidad”, in La Nación (Costa Rica):


gánigo

(Canary Islands) a piece of clay pottery


escopeta de aire comprimido

escopeta de aire comprimido f (plural escopetas de aire comprimido)


cohete de guerra

cohete de guerra m (plural cohetes de guerra)


minipimer

From mini- + Pimer, the Spanish manufacturer who introduced the device in 1959.

Piensen. ¿Cómo habríamos hecho la mayonesa o la papilla durante estos años sin la minipimer? Se puede, claro, pero hay que reconocerle a esta batidora manual producida por primera vez en 1959, por Industrias Pimer, un puesto de honor en el diseño industrial español.

2008 January 20, Catalina Serra, “Larga vida a la ‘minipimer’”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:


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)


doutka

From the French dutka, from the Russian дудка (dudka). First attested in 1899.


dudka

From the French dutka, from the Russian дудка (dudka). First attested in 1859.

(obsolete) A flute-like instrument from Ukraine


dutka

From the French dutka, from the Russian дудка (dudka). First attested in 1796.

(obsolete) A flute-like instrument from Russia


trombón de varas

trombón de varas m (plural trombones de varas)


compás de calibres

compás de calibres m (plural compases de calibres)


fusil de repetición

fusil de repetición m (plural fusiles de repetición)


milgrana

Inherited from Latin mīlle grāna (“one thousand grains”).


cuchara de postre

es-noun

cuchara de postre f (plural cucharas de postre)


sítula

Borrowed from Latin situla. Doublet of acetre.


subilla

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


cálato

From Latin calathus, from Ancient Greek κάλαθος (kálathos). Doublet of calaje.