cigüeñal

Spanish

Etymology

From cigüeña (“stork”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiɡweˈɲal/ [θi.ɣ̞weˈɲal]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /siɡweˈɲal/ [si.ɣ̞weˈɲal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: ci‧güe‧ñal

Noun

cigüeñal m (plural cigüeñales)

crankshaft
shadoof (device used to gather water)
Synonyms: cigoñal, (Mexico) bimbalete

Further reading

“cigüeñal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
cigüeñal on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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