tuerca
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *torca (“coiled object”), alteration of Latin torqua, variant of torquis.
Pronunciation
Noun
tuerca f (plural tuercas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “tuerca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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