martillear

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From martillo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maɾtiʝeˈaɾ/ [maɾ.t̪i.ʝeˈaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /maɾtiʎeˈaɾ/ [maɾ.t̪i.ʎeˈaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾtiʃeˈaɾ/ [maɾ.t̪i.ʃeˈaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾtiʒeˈaɾ/ [maɾ.t̪i.ʒeˈaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mar‧ti‧lle‧ar

Verb

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martillear (first-person singular present martilleo, first-person singular preterite martilleé, past participle martilleado)

  1. to hit with a hammer
  2. to pound
    • 2017 August 9, “Ideas maravillosas para liberar la mente”, in El Nuevo Diario[1], archived from the original on 14 November 2017:
      Imagine que le da vueltas a un asunto que le martillea la cabeza pero sin encontrar una solución.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. to hammer on

Conjugation

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