trowel

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtraʊəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtraʊəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(trouəl)

Inflections of 'trowel' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.
trowels
v 3rd person singular
trowelling
v pres p (Mainly UK)
troweling
v pres p (US)
trowelled
v past (Mainly UK)
troweled
v past (US)
trowelled
v past p (Mainly UK)
troweled
v past p (US)
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
trowel n (gardening: spade)pala de jardinería nf + loc adj
  palita de jardinería nf + loc adj
 Isabelle used a trowel to plant pansies in her garden.
trowel n (building: spade)llana, paleta nf
  palustre nm
  (AmC, AR, MX)cuchara nf
 The bricklayers smoothed the mortar with trowels.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
trowel [sth] vtr (apply with a trowel)aplicar con llana, aplicar con paleta vtr + loc adv
  aplicar con palustre vtr + loc adv
  (AmC, AR, MX)aplicar con cuchara vtr + loc adv
 The worker carefully troweled the plaster onto the wall.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
lay it on with a trowel v expr informal, figurative (exaggerate)exagerar vi
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