tragafuegos
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of traga (“to swallow”) + fuegos (“fires”).
Noun
tragafuegos m or f by sense (plural tragafuegos)
- firebreather
- Synonym: escupidor de fuego
Further reading
- “tragafuegos”, 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