torno
Portuguese, noun
torno is spelled T-O-R-N-O (5 letters) and appears 65 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,494th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Torno is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lathe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tornar. With an accent, tôrno is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aparelho usado em carpintaria que faz girar a velocidade uma peça de madeira que assim é lavrada ou torneada”.
What does torno mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelathe
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tornar
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of torno
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aparelho usado em carpintaria que faz girar a velocidade uma peça de madeira que assim é lavrada ou torneada 2. aparelho de ferro de duas peças que apertam com força objetos a serem limados 3. tornilho 4. pua
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 torno
- tornos plural
- metaphonic plural
- tôrno alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
torno appears 65 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).