portaminas
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + minas (“pencil leads”). Compare French porte-mine.
Noun
portaminas m (plural portaminas)
- mechanical pencil
- Synonyms: lápiz mecánico, (Mexico) lapicero
Related terms
- portaplumas
See also
- portaminas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Further reading
- “portaminas”, 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