llave inglesa

Spanish

an adjustable spanner

Etymology

llave (“key”) + inglesa (“English”).

Noun

llave inglesa f (plural llaves inglesas)

1. adjustable spanner (UK), adjustable wrench (US), adjustable wrench (US), crescent wrench (US), crescent spanner (AU, NZ)

   Synonyms: llave francesa, llave ajustable

Hypernyms

• llave

Further reading

• “llave inglesa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16