hojalata

Spanish

Etymology

From hoja +‎ lata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oxaˈlata/ [o.xaˈla.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ho‧ja‧la‧ta

Noun

hojalata f (plural hojalatas)

1. sheet-metal
2. tinplate

Derived terms

• hojalatero
• hombre de hojalata (“tin man”)

Further reading

• “hojalata”, 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