cuña
Meanings
Noun
1. wedge
2. chock (for wheel)
3. quoin (typography)
4. influence, weight, pull, clout (colloquial)
5. slot, spot (television, radio)
6. cuneus (portion of the occipital lobe) (anatomy)
7. connections (colloquial, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Rep., El Salvador)
8. sound bite (journalism, Chile)
Examples2
Mas doloroso que cualquier cuña.
More painful than any wedge.
El tornillo, la palanca, la cuña, la polea, etc. se llaman máquinas simples.
The screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, etc. are called simple machines.