tornear
Portuguese, verb/toʁ.neˈa(ʁ)/
tornear is spelled T-O-R-N-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 153,088th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tornear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to turn (to shape something on a lathe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “modelar uma peça no torno”.
What does tornear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to turn (to shape something on a lathe)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. modelar uma peça no torno
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tornear
- torneio first-person present singular
- torneei first-person preterite singular
- torneado participle past
- torneares infinitive second-person singular
- tornearmos first-person infinitive plural
- torneardes infinitive plural second-person
- tornearem infinitive plural third-person
- torneando gerund
- torneados masculine participle past
- torneada feminine participle past
- torneadas feminine participle past
- torneias indicative present second-person
- torneia indicative present singular
- torneamos first-person indicative plural
- torneais indicative plural present
- torneiam indicative plural present
- torneava first-person imperfect indicative
- torneavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tornear?
- Brazil /toʁ.neˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [toɦ.neˈa(h)]
- /toɾ.neˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
tornear appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).