Spanish for dowel

Question

Does anybody know the exact Spanish word for dowel ? These are not the same as plastic rawplugs for setting screw mounts on walls.

If you have ever assembled flatpack furniture, you would have come across these dowels :

Dowel function

Answer 1

HI peter, we call this tacos de madera

Answer 2

The next question will be what is a carpenter's biscuit in Spanish? It serves the same purpose in jointery as a dowel except that it is not peg shaped.

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[1]:

espiga.

(Del lat. spica).

1. f. Clavo de madera con que se aseguran las tablas o maderos.

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• pues sí, hmmm, pero creo que la espiga es más larga...no lo sé la verdad...no uso;) jejeje - Heidita Oct 26, 2009

Answer 3

Tarugo (lump of wood)

1. m. Trozo de madera o pan, generalmente grueso y corto.

Answer 4

Why don't you like what our dictionary says?

Dowel

espiga (f) (in carpentry) Trozo de madera introducido en una pared para clavar algo en él.

• espiga??? I am looking - Heidita Oct 26, 2009

Answer 5

clavija