Tornillo

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for November 10, 2009

tornillo (masculine noun (el)) — bolt, screw. Look up tornillo in the dictionary

Vas a necesitar comparar unos 200 tornillos para hacer un mueble como ese.
You're going to need to buy about 200 bolts to build a piece of furniture like that.

[Perikles]

This word is very annoying, as I found out last week when I tried to buy some. A screw and a bolt are entirely different. A bolt needs a nut.

How can you say tornillo and say you want a bolt, not a screw?

(We are talking about a hardware store here, not a disco. - no jokes please )

[irmamar]

No sé lo que quieres. Tal vez necesites una alcayata

http://82.223.149.218/img_web_bigmat/alcayata.jpg

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

No sé lo que quieres. Tal vez necesites una alcayata

Que va. Busqué una tornilla, pero con tuerca. Fue muy dificíl explicarme.

[pjt33]

Perikles, podrías pedir "pernos" (o "pernos, de esos que se ponen con tuercas").


Arriba, izquierda: bolt (en inglés), perno o tornillo (en español)
Centro, izquierda: lo mismo
Arriba, derecha: screw (en inglés), tornillo (en español)
Centro, derecha, etc.: nut (en inglés), tuerca (en español)
Abajo, derecha: no sé qué es. Self-tapping screw?

[hermit]

abajo, derecha - self-tapping screw; also, 'tech screw'

hermit

[poli]

Perno

[chileno]

Originally Posted by poli

Perno

Do you know that we use also "perno" to denominate a person that's stubborn or not too keen?

[poli]

I never heard that before Hernan, but it makes sense

[Tomisimo]

In some areas "tornillo" means both bolt and screw. In Mexico, you can use tornillo for bolt and "pija" for screw. But beware that the last word has some other meanings as well.