cortaúñas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of corta (“to cut”) +‎ uñas (“nails (of the fingers/toes)”).

Noun

cortaúñas m (plural cortaúñas)

1. nail clipper

Further reading

• “cortaúñas”, 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