🔨Handyman
Tools, fixings, and what you do with them.
14 concepts
Columns follow the languages switched on at the top. Gender after the word (m/f/n); IPA beneath; notes, alternatives and origins underneath — nothing is hidden.
| Concept | English | Français | Español |
|---|---|---|---|
hammer noun | hammer | marteaum pl. marteaux | martillom /maɾˈtijo/ for most speakers. |
nail (metal) noun | nail Also fingernail — English uses one word for both. | cloum Fingernail = ongle. | clavom Also 'clove' (the spice). Fingernail = uña. |
screw noun | screw | visf pl. vis The final s IS pronounced — an exception. | tornillom /toɾˈnijo/ for most speakers. |
screwdriver noun | screwdriver | tournevism Tourne + vis: 'turn-screw'. | destornilladorm Literally an 'un-screwer'. |
drill (power tool) noun | drill | perceusef | taladrom |
saw noun | saw Also the past tense of 'see'. | scief | sierraf Also 'mountain range' — a jagged line of peaks. |
pliers noun | pliers Plural only: a pair of pliers. | pincef Also a clothes peg, a crab's claw, a dart (sewing). | alicatesm also: pinzas Usually plural. Arabic origin (al-laqqāṭ, 'tongs'). |
wrench / spanner noun | spanner also: wrench (US) | cléf also: clé à molette (adjustable) Same word as 'key'. | llave inglesaf 'English key' — llave = key. /ˈjaβe/ for most speakers. |
ladder noun | ladder | échellef Also 'scale' (map, measurement). | escaleraf Also 'staircase'. Escalera de mano = ladder specifically. |
tape measure noun | tape measure | mètrem also: mètre ruban | cinta métricaf also: metro |
to screw (in) verb | to screw in | visser Dévisser = to unscrew. | atornillar Desatornillar = to unscrew. |
to drill verb | to drill | percer Also 'to pierce' — percer un trou. | taladrar also: perforar |
to fix / repair verb | to fix also: to repair, to mend | réparer also: bricoler (to tinker / do DIY) | arreglar also: reparar Also 'to tidy', 'to sort out'. |
DIY noun | DIY Do it yourself. | bricolagem Faire du bricolage. Un bricoleur = a handy person. | bricolajem Borrowed from French bricolage. |