tomacorriente
Spanish, noun/tomakoˈrjente/
tomacorriente is spelled T-O-M-A-C-O-R-R-I-E-N-T-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 144,191st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tomacorriente is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “socket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cavidad de dos o más agujeros metálicos conductores, los cuales encastran con sus partes homólogas del…”.
What does tomacorriente mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesocket
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cavidad de dos o más agujeros metálicos conductores, los cuales encastran con sus partes homólogas del enchufe macho o clavija, para permitir la extracción de corriente de la red eléctrica domiciliaria.
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 tomacorriente
- tomacorrientes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tomacorriente?
- /tomakoˈrjente/
- [t̪o.ma.koˈrjẽn̪.t̪e]
- [t̪omakoˈrjẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tomacorriente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tomacorriente in Spanish?
tomacorriente appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).