hormigonera

Spanish

small scale cement mixer

Etymology

From hormigón +‎ -era.

Noun

hormigonera f (plural hormigoneras)

1. cement mixer, concrete mixer (a device used in construction in which cement, aggregate and water are slowly mixed together in a revolving drum to form concrete)

   Synonyms: betonera, mezcladora, mezcladora de concreto

   • 2015 October 1, “Estamos solos”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Esta semana la hormigonera de la actualidad se tragó una noticia que debía haber abierto los medios que aspiran a contar qué pasa aquí y ahora.

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Further reading

• “hormigonera”, 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