martillo

See also: martilló

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish martillo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mar‧ti‧llo

Noun

martillo

1. hammer

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈtiʝo/ [maɾˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈtiʝo/ [maɾˈt̪i.ʝo] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /maɾˈtiʎo/ [maɾˈt̪i.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /maɾˈtiʃo/ [maɾˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /maɾˈtiʒo/ [maɾˈt̪i.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /maɾˈtio/ [maɾˈt̪i.o] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

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• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -io (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: mar‧ti‧llo

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der.?

Latin marculus

Latin martulus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

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Late Latin martellus

Old Spanish martiello

Spanish martillo

Inherited from Old Spanish martiello, from Late Latin martellus. Compare Portuguese martelo, Italian martello, Catalan martell, French marteau.

Noun

martillo m (plural martillos)

1. hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)

   Synonym: (obsolete) atarraga

2. (anatomy) malleus
3. auction house
4. (athletics) hammer

Derived terms

• amartillar
• dedo en martillo
• hoz y martillo
• martillar
• martillear
• martillero
• martillo de agua
• martillo de carpintero
• martillo neumático
• martillo perforador
• martillo pilón
• martillo sacaclavos
• tiburón martillo

Descendants

• Chavacano: martillo
• → Ayutla Mixtec: ma̱rtiyo
• → Cebuano: martilyo
• → Tagalog: martilyo
• → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: martillo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

martillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of martillar

Further reading

• “martillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish martillo.

Noun

martillo

1. hammer

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006), Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎^[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 22