cortacésped

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of corta (“to cut”) +‎ césped (“lawn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾtaˈθesped/ [koɾ.t̪aˈθes.peð̞] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /koɾtaˈsesped/ [koɾ.t̪aˈses.peð̞] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -esped
• Syllabification: cor‧ta‧cés‧ped

Noun

cortacésped m (plural cortacéspedes)

1. lawnmower

   Synonyms: cortadora de césped, cortadora de pasto, cortadora de grama, cortagrama, podadora, chapeadora

Further reading

• “cortacésped”, 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