tomacorriente

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of toma (“to take”) +‎ corriente (“current”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tomakoˈrjente/ [t̪o.ma.koˈrjẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: to‧ma‧co‧rrien‧te

Noun

tomacorriente m (plural tomacorrientes)

1. (electric) socket

Further reading

• “tomacorriente”, 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