Category:Spanish verb-noun compounds

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Fundamental » All languages » Spanish » Terms by etymology » Compound terms » Verb-object compounds » Verb-noun compounds

Spanish compounds in which the first element is a transitive verb, the second a noun functioning as its direct object, and whose referent is the person or thing doing the action, or an adjective describing such a person or thing.



Missing words
  1. Cantarranas
  2. comepiedras
  3. converticombis
  4. cupalámparas
  5. espantacucarachas
  6. guardallamas
  7. lavaautos, lava autos "car wash" Mexico, not in RAE -- seems not to be set
  8. lavamanchas
  9. lavatrastes
  10. limpiabrisas "windscreen/windshield wiper (washer?)", not in RAE
  11. mata-avispas
  12. matahambres
  13. matalombrices
  14. matamanchas
  15. matamoros
  16. mataniños
  17. mataperros
  18. pasarríos
  19. Picapiedras "Flintsones" - the prehistoric cartoon family
  20. quemadiscos
  21. sacaniguas "squib" (certain areas only)
  22. saltaparedes
  23. soplacausas "incompetent lawyer"
  24. tapaboquetes "stopgap"
  25. tapagujeros, tapaagujeros "jerrybuilder; substitute"
  26. tapaporos "primer"
  27. tiralevitas "bootlicker"
  28. toca-DVDs
  29. trabacuentas "miscalculation"
  30. tragabalas "braggart" (certain areas only)
  31. tragasantos "excessively pious person"

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