cascanueces

See also: Cascanueces

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of casca (“to crack”) +‎ nueces (“nuts”).

Noun

cascanueces m (plural cascanueces)

nutcracker
nutcracker (bird)
(colloquial) madcap, harebrained young man

Further reading

“cascanueces”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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