limpiabotas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of limpia (“to clean”) +‎ botas (“boots”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /limpjaˈbotas/ [lĩm.pjaˈβ̞o.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -otas
• Syllabification: lim‧pia‧bo‧tas

Noun

limpiabotas m (plural limpiabotas)

1. work that consists in washing shoes and boots

Further reading

• “limpiabotas”, 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