cascanueces

See also: Cascanueces

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of casca (“to crack”) +‎ nueces (“nuts”).

Noun

cascanueces m (plural cascanueces)

1. nutcracker
2. nutcracker (bird)
3. (colloquial) madcap, harebrained young man

Further reading

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