martillo pilón
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɾˌtiʝo piˈlon/ [maɾˌt̪i.ʝo piˈlõn] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /maɾˌtiʎo piˈlon/ [maɾˌt̪i.ʎo piˈlõn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /maɾˌtiʃo piˈlon/ [maɾˌt̪i.ʃo piˈlõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /maɾˌtiʒo piˈlon/ [maɾˌt̪i.ʒo piˈlõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: mar‧ti‧llo pi‧lón
Noun
martillo pilón m (plural martillos pilón)
- a mechanical pounding tool where a heavy mass moves vertically; a steam or power hammer
Further reading
- “martillo pilón”, 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