canfín

See also: canfin

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈfin/ [kãɱˈfĩn]
  • Audio (Costa Rica):(file)
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: can‧fín

Noun

canfín m (uncountable)

  1. (Costa Rica) kerosene
    • 2019 December 21, Jacques Sagot, “Brunhilda de Portilla, la compositora costarricense que se volvió el alma de la Navidad”, in La Nación (Costa Rica)‎[1]:
      No había alumbrado eléctrico, solo candelas o lamparitas de canfín.
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