torno
Spanish, noun
torno is spelled T-O-R-N-O (5 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,079th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Torno is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lathe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tornar. With an accent, tornó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of tornar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Máquina con una superficie rotatoria utilizada por el alfarero para modelar objetos”.
What does torno mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelathe
- 2
masculinewinch
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tornar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of tornar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Máquina con una superficie rotatoria utilizada por el alfarero para modelar objetos. 2. Máquina herramienta que permite producir figuras de rotación mediante el rebaje de cuerpos cilíndricos. 3. Máquina simple que convierte una fuerza de rotación en una fuerza lineal. Consiste en un cilindro que gira alrededor de su eje al cual se enrolla una cuerda. 4. Taladro del dentista.
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 torno
- tornos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to torno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is torno in Spanish?
torno appears 42 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).