cortaplumas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of corta (“to cut”) +‎ plumas (“pens, feathers”).

Noun

cortaplumas m (plural cortaplumas)

1. penknife

   Synonym: navaja

Further reading

• “cortaplumas”, 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