cubrefuego

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of cubre (“to cover”) +‎ fuego (“fire”).

Noun

cubrefuego m (plural cubrefuegos)

  1. curfew

See also

Further reading

  • Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “cubrefuego”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
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