portaminas

Spanish

Different mechanical pencils

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) +‎ minas (“pencil leads”). Compare French porte-mine.

Noun

portaminas m (plural portaminas)

1. mechanical pencil

   Synonyms: lápiz mecánico, (Mexico) lapicero

Related terms

• portaplumas

 

See also

• portaminas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

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