sacapuntas

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) +‎ puntas (“tips”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌsakaˈpuntas/ [ˌsa.kaˈpũn̪.t̪as]

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• Rhymes: -untas
• Syllabification: sa‧ca‧pun‧tas

sacapuntas m (plural sacapuntas)

1. pencil sharpener, sharpener

• “sacapuntas”, 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
• “sacapuntas”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “sacapuntas”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
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