buscaniguas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of busca (“to search for”) +‎ niguas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buskaˈniɡwas/ [bus.kaˈni.ɣ̞was]
  • Rhymes: -iɡwas
  • Syllabification: bus‧ca‧ni‧guas

Noun

buscaniguas m (plural buscaniguas)

  1. (colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia) firecracker set off to move horizontally close to the ground
    Synonym: buscapiés

Further reading

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