escarbadientes
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of escarba (“to scrape”) + dientes (“teeth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /esˌkaɾbaˈdjentes/ [esˌkaɾ.β̞aˈð̞jẽn̪.t̪es]
- Rhymes: -entes
- Syllabification: es‧car‧ba‧dien‧tes
Noun
[edit]escarbadientes m (plural escarbadientes)
- toothpick
- Synonyms: mondadientes, palillo
Further reading
[edit]- “escarbadientes”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10