Spanish Open dictionary by furoya

furoya
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	Value	Position
Position	2	2
Accepted meanings	15109	2
Obtained votes	88	2
Votes by meaning	0.01	7
Inquiries	432256	3
Queries by meaning	29	7
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voltiamperímetro: Instrument for measuring volts and amps. From the product of both values the consumption calculation in watts is obtained. See suffix -metro .
durómetro: Instrument for measuring the hardness of materials. The name joins the word hard ("resistant to deformation") and the suffix -meter ("measurement").
eudiómetro: A laboratory measuring instrument used to analyze the behavior of gases subjected to chemical or physical reactions. The name has something poetic, in Greek 949; 965; 948; 953; 959; 962; (eudios) means "of clear and serene atmosphere") which is related to the goodness of the gods, and the suffix -meter.
audímetro: 1º_ Another way for audiometer. 2º_ It is a name given to electronic equipment that was connected to radio or television devices to measure the ignition time. In this case 'audi' is an apocope of audience. See suffix -meter ("measurement") .
audiómetro: Measuring instrument to assess hearing ability. It is formed by the voice audio and the suffix -meter. See audiometer, vometer.
odómetro: Apparatus used to measure the distances traveled. It is a word of Greek origin, by 959; 948; 959; 962; ( all "roads" ) 956; 949; 964; 961; 959; 957; ( metron "measure" ) .
pluviómetro: Meteorological instrument to measure the amount of rainfall. From the Latin pluvia, ae ("rain") the suffix -meter.
urómetro: It is an ancient medical instrument that is supposed to measure the concentration of acid in the urine. The laboratory equipment that separated uric acid was also called. From the Greek 959; 965; 961; 959; 957; ( ouron "urine" ) 956; 949; 964; 961; 959; 957; ( metron "measure" ) .
cito-: It is the cyto ("cell") component used as a prefix.
-ica: Feminine -ico as a diminutive or derogatory suffix, and also to indicate a relationship or iteration.
oxi-: It is the lexical component oxy used as a prefix .
-érrimo: The superlative suffix '-érrimo' is used to increase the intensity by derivation in adjectives that have an "r" in their last syllable.
semi-: Prefix taken from Latin meaning "half, half, almost".
matre: 1º_ Matre is a town in hordaland county, Norway. 2º_ Matre is a city in the province of Punjab (Pakistan). 3º_ Castellanization -although I agree in the appreciation that it looks more like a Spanish- of the English mattress ("mattress").
toli: 1º_ 'Toli' is a chiefdom in the Eastern Province (Sierra Leone). 2º_ It is said of someone foolish, misplaced, who embarrasses others. Surely an affectionate form of the Galician tolo or its diminutive toliño ("crazy, obfuscated"). 3º_ Labrador, who drives a plow. [I don't know the origin, and I don't know if it can be a cause or consequence of the previous one. See palette ("palero"), Nazi ("Natzi"). ] 4º_ 'Toli' is a male name, and I guess it comes directly from the "field worker".
rigo: 1º_ Site with a stream of water that flows into a lake or the sea. From the Latin rivus, i ("flow or current" ). 2º_ Name of several cities, in Central (Papua New Guinea), in Marche (Italy), in Arauca (Colombia), in Xizang (China), . . . 3º_ And it is also an apocope of Rigoberto.
quito: 1º_ 'Quito' is the capital city of Ecuador. The name comes from the quitu kingdom, which occupied the Pichincha region. 2º_ Inflection of the verb remove . See verbs/quito .
cobán: 1º_ Cobán is a city in the department of Alta Verapaz (Guatemala). 2º_ In lunfardo 'cobán' is the vesre of "bank" in any of its meanings.
zambu: Zambu is a city in Bauchi State, Nigeria. 2º_ It is a common name (rather, an apocope) for the zambumba plant (Cucurbita ficifolia). 3º_ In addition to cleaning companies it is also the name of cafes, liquor stores, fantasy characters, . . . that I will not describe because they are either espam or lack relevance.
anguila: 1º_ It is commonly called 'eel' to the fish of the family Anguillidae, or of the family Gymnotidae as the 'electric eel'. 2º_ In naval engineering, the wood that holds the frame during the construction of the ship and before its launch is called 'eel'. 3º_ 'Anguilla' is the name of an island in the homonymous archipelago that is located in the Caribbean.