rascacielos

• rascacielo

Verb-object compound, composed of rasca (“to scratch”) +‎ cielos (“skies”). Calque of English skyscraper.

• IPA^(key): /raskaˈθjelos/ [ras.kaˈθje.los] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /raskaˈsjelos/ [ras.kaˈsje.los] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -elos
• Syllabification: ras‧ca‧cie‧los

rascacielos m (plural rascacielos)

1. skyscraper

   Synonym: torre

rascacielos

1. plural of rascacielo

• “rascacielos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024