atornillar

/[at̪oɾniˈʝaɾ]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#92,696

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

atornillar is aSpanishverb. It means: Introducir uno o más tornillos haciéndolos girar alrededor de su eje. Pronounced [at̪oɾniˈʝaɾ].

Key facts for atornillar
PropertyValue
Headwordatornillar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[at̪oɾniˈʝaɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#92,696
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of atornillar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for atornillar is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [at̪oɾniˈʝaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #92,696 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for atornillar in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is atornillar, spelled A-T-O-R-N-I-L-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Introducir uno o más tornillos haciéndolos girar alrededor de su eje.
  2. 2
    Fijar o sujetar algo por medio de tornillos.
  3. 3
    Forzar a alguien a cierta conducta, especialmente en relación con mantenerse en un lugar, situación, cargo, etc.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #92,696 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "atornillar"?
"atornillar" is spelled A-T-O-R-N-I-L-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [at̪oɾniˈʝaɾ].
What does "atornillar" mean?
As a verb, "atornillar" means: Introducir uno o más tornillos haciéndolos girar alrededor de su eje.
How do you pronounce "atornillar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atornillar" is [at̪oɾniˈʝaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atornillar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.