gañivete

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French canivet, from late Old English cnīf (“knife”) + -et, from Old Norse knívr, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz.

Noun

gañivete m (plural gañivetes)

1. (obsolete) penknife

   Synonyms: navaja, cortaplumas

Further reading

• “gañivete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28