engranaje
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enɡɾaˈnaxe/ [ẽŋ.ɡɾaˈna.xe]
- Rhymes: -axe
- Syllabification: en‧gra‧na‧je
Noun
engranaje m (plural engranajes)
- gears, gear train, transmission (machine consisting of interconnected gear wheels)
- teeth of a gear wheel
- gear, gearing (combination or choice of interlocking gears)
- gear, gear wheel, cog, cog wheel (wheel with grooves)
- Synonym: rueda dentada
- Hypernyms: corona, piñón
See also
Further reading
- “engranaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024