llave allen

Spanish

Allen keys of various sizes

Alternative forms

• llave Allen

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌʝabe ˈalen/ [ˌɟ͡ʝa.β̞e ˈa.lẽn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˌʝabe ˈalen/ [ˌɟ͡ʝa.β̞e ˈa.lẽn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˌʎabe ˈalen/ [ˌʎa.β̞e ˈa.lẽn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˌʃabe ˈalen/ [ˌʃa.β̞e ˈa.lẽn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌʒabe ˈalen/ [ˌʒa.β̞e ˈa.lẽn]

Noun

llave allen f (plural llaves allen)

1. (UK) Allen key, hex key; (US) Allen wrench;

   Synonyms: llave francesa, llave ajustable

Hypernyms

• llave

Further reading

• “llave Allen”, 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