abrebotellas

Galician

Alternative forms

• abrebotelhas (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From abre (“it opens”) +‎ botellas (“bottles”).

Noun

abrebotellas m (invariable)

1. bottle opener

   Synonym: abridor

Further reading

• “abrebotellas”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of abre (“to open”) +‎ botellas (“bottles”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /abɾeboˈteʝas/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞oˈt̪e.ʝas]

• IPA^(key): /abɾeboˈteʝas/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞oˈt̪e.ʝas] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /abɾeboˈteʎas/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞oˈt̪e.ʎas] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /abɾeboˈteʃas/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞oˈt̪e.ʃas] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /abɾeboˈteʒas/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞oˈt̪e.ʒas] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -eʝas

• Rhymes: -eʝas (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -eʎas (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eʃas (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -eʒas (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: a‧bre‧bo‧te‧llas

Noun

abrebotellas m (plural abrebotellas)

1. bottle opener

   Synonym: abridor

Further reading

• “abrebotellas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025