lanzallamas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of lanza (“to launch, to throw”) +‎ llamas (“flames”).

Noun

lanzallamas m (plural lanzallamas)

1. flamethrower

Further reading

• “lanzallamas”, 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