cigüeñal

Spanish

Etymology

From cigüeña (“stork”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cigüeñal m (plural cigüeñales)

1. crankshaft
2. shadoof (device used to gather water)

   Synonyms: cigoñal, (Mexico) bimbalete

Further reading

• “cigüeñal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• cigüeñal on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es