abrelatas

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epóder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-yetider.

Proto-Italic *apweriō

Latin aperīre

Old Galician-Portuguese abrir

Galician abre

Galician latas

Galician abrelatas

From abre (“it opens”) + latas (“cans”).

Noun

abrelatas m (invariable)

1. (US, CA) can opener/can-opener, (UK, AU) tin opener/tin-opener (device to open tin cans)

   Synonym: abridor

Further reading

• “abrelatas”, 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”) +‎ latas (“cans”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abɾeˈlatas/ [a.β̞ɾeˈla.t̪as]

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• Rhymes: -atas
• Syllabification: a‧bre‧la‧tas

Noun

abrelatas m (plural abrelatas)

1. (US, CA) can opener/can-opener, (UK, AU) tin opener/tin-opener (device to open tin cans)

   Synonym: abridor

Descendants

• → Hiligaynon: abrilatas
• → Tagalog: abrelata

Further reading

• “abrelatas”, 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