llave allen
Spanish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʝabe ˈalen/ [ˌɟ͡ʝa.β̞e ˈa.lẽn] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˌʎabe ˈalen/ [ˌʎa.β̞e ˈa.lẽn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˌʃabe ˈalen/ [ˌʃa.β̞e ˈa.lẽn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˌʒabe ˈalen/ [ˌʒa.β̞e ˈa.lẽn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: lla‧ve a‧llen
Noun
llave allen f (plural llaves allen)
- (UK) Allen key, hex key; (US) Allen wrench;
- Synonyms: llave francesa, llave ajustable
Hypernyms
Further reading
- “llave Allen”, 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