tornear
Spanish, verb/toɾneˈaɾ/
tornear is spelled T-O-R-N-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish, the 202,162nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tornear is a Spanish verb meaning “to turn (as on a lathe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Labrar un objeto al torno”.
What does tornear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to turn (as on a lathe)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Labrar un objeto al torno. 2. Dar vueltas a la mies de la era.
verb: 1. Dar vueltas alrededor. 2. Combatir en un torneo. 3. Reflexionar profundamente sobre algo.
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 tornear
- torneo first-person present singular
- torneé first-person preterite singular
- torneado participle past
- torneando gerund
- torneada feminine participle past
- torneados masculine participle past
- torneadas feminine participle past
- torneas indicative informal present
- torneás indicative informal present
- tornea indicative present singular
- torneamos first-person indicative plural
- torneáis indicative plural present
- tornean indicative plural present
- torneaba first-person imperfect indicative
- torneabas imperfect indicative second-person
- torneábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- torneabais imperfect indicative plural
- torneaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tornear?
- /toɾneˈaɾ/
- [t̪oɾ.neˈaɾ]
- [t̪oɾneˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tornear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tornear in Spanish?
tornear appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).