cortacésped
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of corta (“to cut”) + césped (“lawn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾtaˈθesped/ [koɾ.t̪aˈθes.peð̞] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /koɾtaˈsesped/ [koɾ.t̪aˈses.peð̞] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -esped
- Syllabification: cor‧ta‧cés‧ped
Noun
cortacésped m (plural cortacéspedes)
- lawnmower
- Synonyms: cortadora de césped, cortadora de pasto, cortadora de grama, cortagrama, podadora, chapeadora
Further reading
- “cortacésped”, 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