cigüeñal
Spanish, noun/θiɡweˈɲal/
cigüeñal is spelled C-I-G-Ü-E-Ñ-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 72,568th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cigüeñal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “crankshaft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Eje acodado con contrapesos presente en ciertas máquinas que, aplicando el principio del mecanismo de…”.
What does cigüeñal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrankshaft
- 2
masculineshadoof (device used to gather water)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eje acodado con contrapesos presente en ciertas máquinas que, aplicando el principio del mecanismo de biela-manivela, transforma el movimiento rectilíneo alternativo en circular uniforme y viceversa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cigüeñal
- cigüeñales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cigüeñal?
- /θiɡweˈɲal/
- [θi.ɣ̞weˈɲal]
- /siɡweˈɲal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cigüeñal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cigüeñal in Spanish?
cigüeñal appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).