Noun: estornillo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | estornillo |
| Plural m | estornillos |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like estornillo
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
13th century. From a diminutive (with -illo, from Latin -culus) of Latin sturnus (“starling”). Cognate with Portuguese estorninho and Spanish estornino. See: Latin Nouns '
-culus', Latin Nouns '
sturnus', Portuguese Nouns '
estorninho', Spanish Nouns '
estornino'.
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