tuneladora

Catalan

Etymology

From tunelar +‎ -ador.

Noun

tuneladora f (plural tuneladores)

1. (engineering) tunnel boring machine, TBM, tunnelling machine (a large machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section)

Further reading

• “tuneladora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “tuneladora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tuneladora” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tuneladora” in ésAdir, El portal lingüístic de la Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.

Galician

Etymology

From tunelar +‎ -dor.

Noun

tuneladora f (plural tuneladoras)

1. (engineering) tunnel boring machine, TBM, tunnelling machine (a large machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section)

Portuguese

Etymology

From tunelar +‎ -dora.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tu.ne.laˈdo.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tu.ne.laˈdo.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tu.ne.laˈdo.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.nɨ.lɐˈdo.ɾɐ/ [tu.nɨ.lɐˈðo.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: tu‧ne‧la‧do‧ra

Noun

tuneladora f (plural tuneladoras)

1. (engineering) tunnel boring machine, TBM, tunnelling machine (a large machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section)

   Synonym: (Brazil) tatuzão

Further reading

• “tuneladora”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “tuneladora”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From tunelar +‎ -ador.

Noun

tuneladora f (plural tuneladoras)

1. (engineering) tunnel boring machine, TBM, tunnelling machine (a large machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section)

Further reading

• “tuneladora”, 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