piñón
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From piña (“pinecone”) + -ón (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
piñón m (plural piñones)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
piñón m (plural piñones)
- (mechanics) pinion (small gear or spindle)
- Synonyms: engranaje, engrane, rueda dentada
- (mechanics) sprocket (toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Latin pinna (“feather”) + -ón (“augmentative suffix”).
Noun edit
piñón m (plural piñones)
- pinion (outer part of a bird's wing)
Further reading edit
- “piñón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014