tomacorriente
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of toma (“to take”) + corriente (“current”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tomakoˈrjente/ [t̪o.ma.koˈrjẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: to‧ma‧co‧rrien‧te
Noun
tomacorriente m (plural tomacorrientes)
- (electric) socket
Further reading
- “tomacorriente”, 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