tuneladora
Spanish, noun/tunelaˈdoɾa/
tuneladora is spelled T-U-N-E-L-A-D-O-R-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 130,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tuneladora is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tunnel boring machine, TBM, tunnelling machine (a large machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Máquina para excavar túneles”.
What does tuneladora mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetunnel boring machine, TBM, tunnelling machine (a large machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Máquina para excavar túneles.
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 tuneladora
- tuneladoras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tuneladora?
- /tunelaˈdoɾa/
- [t̪u.ne.laˈð̞o.ɾa]
- [t̪unelaˈð̞oɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tuneladora in Spanish?
tuneladora appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).