martilleo

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maɾtiˈʝeo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʝe.o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /maɾtiˈʎeo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʎe.o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /maɾtiˈʃeo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʃe.o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /maɾtiˈʒeo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʒe.o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -eo
Syllabification: mar‧ti‧lle‧o

Etymology 1

Deverbal from martillear.

Noun

martilleo m (plural martilleos)

hammering

Etymology 2

Verb

martilleo

first-person singular present indicative of martillear

Further reading

“martilleo”, 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