martillo
See also: martilló
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Colombia): (file)
- Syllabification: mar‧ti‧llo
Etymology 1 edit
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.
Noun edit
martillo m (plural martillos)
- hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)
- Synonym: (obsolete) atarraga
- (anatomy) malleus
- auction house
- (athletics) hammer
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Ayutla Mixtec: ma̱rtiyo
- Cebuano: martilyo, bor1
- → Tagalog: martilyo
- → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: martillo
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
martillo
Further reading edit
- “martillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish martillo.
Noun edit
martillo
References edit
- Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 22