martillo pilón

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maɾˌtiʝo piˈlon/ [maɾˌt̪i.ʝo piˈlõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maɾˌtiʝo piˈlon/ [maɾˌt̪i.ʝo piˈlõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /maɾˌtiʎo piˈlon/ [maɾˌt̪i.ʎo piˈlõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾˌtiʃo piˈlon/ [maɾˌt̪i.ʃo piˈlõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾˌtiʒo piˈlon/ [maɾˌt̪i.ʒo piˈlõn]

• Syllabification: mar‧ti‧llo pi‧lón

Noun

martillo pilón m (plural martillos pilón)

1. a mechanical pounding tool where a heavy mass moves vertically; a steam or power hammer

Further reading

• “martillo pilón”, 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