tuneladora
Catalan
Etymology
Noun
tuneladora f (plural tuneladores)
- (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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “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
Noun
tuneladora f (plural tuneladoras)
- (engineering) tunnel boring machine, TBM, tunnelling machine (a large machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section)
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (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)
- (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
Noun
tuneladora f (plural tuneladoras)
- (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], 10 December 2024