Spanner

//ˈspæn.ɚ//

Synonyms for "spanner" (45 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (9)

Noun(9 words)

wrench airhead bonehead changeling crackhead dicklick dildo ding dong ding-a-ling

Strong matches (14)

Noun(14 words)

ding-dong doldrum doylem dunce einstein fink fopdoodle fuckwit gonk goober gudgeon halfwit idiot jackaninny

Related words (22)

Noun(21 words)

jackass jerk loggerhead lunk lunkhead maroon moron mutt natural nimrod ninny noddy pinhead pissbrain plank roaster tardface thickhead tit trash for brains

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turkey

wrench

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

3 entries

hand tool tool wrench

Synonyms

1 entries

wrench

derived

16 entries

adjustable spanner bobbejaan spanner crescent spanner dog bone spanner put a spanner in the works ring spanner shifting spanner spanner barb spanner crab spanner in the works spanner wrench spannered spider spanner throw a spanner in the works throw a spanner into the works torque spanner

derived from

1 entries

span

has context

7 entries

australian british derogatory irish nz uk weaponry

has property

1 entries

useful for fixing car

receives action

1 entries

found in toolbox

related to

28 entries

adjustable spanner bolt crank device dilemma hand tool handle musket nut obstacle problem ring spanner shape small span spanner barb

Showing 16 of 28 words.

Translations

115 translations across 71 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

çelës noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Arabic

2 entries

كالمونط noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
مِفْتَاح رَبْط noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Armenian

2 entries

մանեկադարձիչ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
պտուտակաբանալի noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

açar noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
qayka açarı noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Bashkir

1 entries

асҡыс noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Belarusian

1 entries

ключ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Bengali

2 entries

প্লাস noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
সাঁড়াশিবিশেষ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Bulgarian

1 entries

ключ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Burmese

1 entries

ကဏန်းလက်မ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Catalan

1 entries

clau anglesa noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

士巴拿 noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

扳子 noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
扳手 noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Czech

1 entries

klíč noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Danish

3 entries

fastnøgle noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
skiftenøgle noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
svensknøgle noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Dari

1 entries

رَنْج noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Dutch

2 entries

sleutel noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
steeksleutel noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Esperanto

1 entries

boltilo noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Estonian

2 entries

mutrivõti noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
võti noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Finnish

2 entries

jakoavain noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
kiintoavain noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

French

4 entries

clef noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
clef à écrous noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
clé noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
clé de serrage noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Galician

1 entries

chave noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Georgian

3 entries

გასაღები noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
ქანჩგასაღები noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
ქანჩის გასაღები noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

German

4 entries

Knüppel (zwischen den Beinen) noun (something unexpected or troublesome)
Sand (im Getriebe) noun (something unexpected or troublesome)
Schlüssel noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
Schraubenschlüssel noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Greek

1 entries

κλειδί noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Hausa

1 entries

sufana noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Hebrew

1 entries

מַפתֵחַ בְּרָגִים noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Hindi

1 entries

पाना noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Hungarian

3 entries

csavarkulcs noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
franciakulcs noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
villáskulcs noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Icelandic

2 entries

skiptilykill noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
skrúflykill noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Indonesian

2 entries

kunci pas noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
sepanar noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

آچار noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Irish

2 entries

castaire noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
rinse noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Italian

2 entries

chiave noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
chiave inglese noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Japanese

2 entries

スパナ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
レンチ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Kazakh

2 entries

кілт noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
сомын кілті noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Khmer

1 entries

សោ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Korean

2 entries

렌치 noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
스패너 noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

ачкыч noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
гайка ачкычы noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Lao

1 entries

ປະແຈ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Latvian

1 entries

atslēga noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Lithuanian

1 entries

raktas noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Macedonian

1 entries

клуч noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Malay

1 entries

sepana noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Maltese

1 entries

ġewża noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Marathi

1 entries

पाना noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Māori

3 entries

huriperu noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
mauhuri noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
wāwāhi noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Navajo

1 entries

bee ił hadaʼagizí noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Norman

1 entries

clié à êcrouettes noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

fastnøkkel noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
skiftenøkkel noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Polish

2 entries

klucz noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
klucz płaski noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Portuguese

2 entries

chave noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
chave inglesa noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Romanian

1 entries

cheie noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Russian

1 entries

ключ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

kljȗč noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
кљу̑ч noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Slovak

1 entries

kľúč noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Slovene

2 entries

ključ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
vijačni ključ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Spanish

2 entries

llave noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
llave fija noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Swahili

1 entries

spana noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Swedish

2 entries

nyckel noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
skruvnyckel noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Tagalog

1 entries

liyabe noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Tajik

1 entries

калиди гайкатобӣ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Tatar

1 entries

ачкыч noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Thai

1 entries

ประแจ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Turkish

1 entries

İngiliz anahtarı noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Ukrainian

2 entries

ключ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
мутро́вий ключ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Urdu

1 entries

پانا noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Uyghur

1 entries

كۇلۇچ noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Uzbek

4 entries

gayka kaliti noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
gayka klyuchi noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
kalit noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
klyuch noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Vietnamese

2 entries

cờ lê noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
mỏ lết noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Welsh

1 entries

sbaner noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Wu Chinese

2 entries

扳手 noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
扳頭 /扳头 noun (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We've ended up a spanner short of a toolbox.

Source: tatoeba (651051)

Someone's put a spanner in the works.

Source: tatoeba (6172483)

Hand me that spanner, will you?

Source: tatoeba (8681656)

Hand me that spanner.

Source: tatoeba (8681657)

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