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tomo

volume

noun TOH-moh Rare
Arts & Culture Literature

Origin: Greek tomos (a cut, a section of a book), via Latin tomus.

Also means

tome

Usage Note

Tomo specifically means a volume or tome — a single book within a multi-volume work: el segundo tomo de la enciclopedia. It is not the same as volumen, which can refer to physical volume or sound level as well. The phrase de tomo y lomo ('of note', 'full-blown') is a fixed idiom meaning 'through and through': un sinvergüenza de tomo y lomo ('an out-and-out scoundrel').

Examples

"Este es el tercer tomo de la serie."

Natural Translation

This is the third volume of the series.

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