abrebotellas

Galician

Alternative forms

• abrebotelhas (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From abre (“it opens”) +‎ botellas (“bottles”).

Noun

abrebotellas m (invariable)

1. bottle opener

   Synonym: abridor

Further reading

• “abrebotellas” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of abre (“to open”) +‎ botellas (“bottles”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /abɾeboˈteʝas/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞oˈt̪e.ʝas]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /abɾeboˈteʝas/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞oˈt̪e.ʝas]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /abɾeboˈteʎas/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞oˈt̪e.ʎas]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /abɾeboˈteʃas/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞oˈt̪e.ʃas]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /abɾeboˈteʒas/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞oˈt̪e.ʒas]

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• Rhymes: -eʝas

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝas
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎas
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃas
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒas

• Syllabification: a‧bre‧bo‧te‧llas

Noun

abrebotellas m (plural abrebotellas)

1. bottle opener

   Synonym: abridor

Further reading

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