abrebotellas
Galician
Alternative forms
- abrebotelhas (reintegrationist)
Etymology
From abre (“it opens”) + botellas (“bottles”).
Noun
abrebotellas m (invariable)
- bottle opener
- Synonym: abridor
Further reading
- “abrebotellas”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of abre (“to open”) + botellas (“bottles”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abɾeboˈteʝas/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞oˈt̪e.ʝas] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /abɾeboˈteʎas/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞oˈt̪e.ʎas] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /abɾeboˈteʃas/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞oˈt̪e.ʃas] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /abɾeboˈteʒas/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞oˈt̪e.ʒas] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
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- Rhymes: -eʝas (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -eʎas (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eʃas (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -eʒas (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: a‧bre‧bo‧te‧llas
Noun
abrebotellas m (plural abrebotellas)
- bottle opener
- Synonym: abridor
Further reading
- “abrebotellas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024