instrumento

See also: instrumentó

Esperanto

Basgitaro, muzikinstrumento

Skalpelo, medicina instrumento

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”), from īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) +‎ -mentum. Compare Italian strumento, Russian инструме́нт (instrumént), German Instrument, Polish instrument.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [instruˈmento]
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• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧men‧to

Noun

instrumento (accusative singular instrumenton, plural instrumentoj, accusative plural instrumentojn)

1. musical instrument (device used to produce or play music)
2. instrument (tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement)

Derived terms

• blovinstrumento
• kordinstrumento
• muzikinstrumento
• perkutinstrumento

 

Galician

Etymology

From Latin īnstrūmentum.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧men‧to

Noun

instrumento m (plural instrumentos)

1. instrument (a tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement)
2. instrument (a device used to produce music)
3. (figurative) instrument (a person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal)

Further reading

• “instrumento” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto instrumento, English instrument, French instrument, German Instrument, Italian instrumento, Russian инструме́нт (instrumént), Spanish instrumento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.struˈmen.to/

Noun

instrumento (plural instrumenti)

1. instrument

Interlingua

Noun

instrumento (plural instrumentos)

1. instrument

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.struˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: in‧stru‧mén‧to

Noun

instrumento m (plural instrumenti)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of strumento

Anagrams

• strumentino

Latin

Noun

īnstrūmentō

1. dative/ablative singular of īnstrūmentum

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnstrūmentum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tɾuˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tɾuˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tɾuˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tɾuˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tɾuˈmẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧men‧to

Noun

instrumento m (plural instrumentos)

1. tool (mechanical device intended to make a task easier)

   Synonym: ferramenta

2. musical instrument (device used to produce music)

   Synonym: instrumento musical

Further reading

• “instrumento” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “instrumento” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /instɾuˈmento/ [ĩns.t̪ɾuˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ins‧tru‧men‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin īnstrūmentum.

Noun

instrumento m (plural instrumentos)

1. instrument (device)
2. (musical) instrument
3. tool, means
4. (law) instrument
5. (vulgar) tool (a term for the penis)

Derived terms

• caja de instrumentos
• cuadro de instrumentos
• instrumental
• instrumentar
• instrumento de cuerda
• instrumento de percusión
• instrumento musical
• panel de instrumentos

 

Descendants

• → Zoogocho Zapotec: instrument

Etymology 2

Verb

instrumento

1. first-person singular present indicative of instrumentar

Further reading

• “instrumento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish instrumento.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧men‧to
• IPA^(key): /ʔinstɾuˈmento/, [ʔɪns.tɾʊˈmɛn.to]

Noun

instrumento

1. instrument; tool

   Synonyms: kagamitan, kasangkapan

2. musical instrument

   Synonym: panugtog

Related terms

• instrumentasyon