tumbaburros
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of tumba (“to knock over”) + burros (“donkeys, dummies”).
Noun
tumbaburros m (plural tumbaburros)
- (slang) dictionary
- Synonyms: diccionario, mataburros
- grille guard
Further reading
- “tumbaburros”, 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