portaminas

Spanish

Different mechanical pencils

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) +‎ minas (“pencil leads”). Compare French porte-mine.

Noun

portaminas m (plural portaminas)

1. mechanical pencil

   Synonyms: lápiz mecánico, (Mexico) lapicero

Related terms

• portaplumas

 

See also

• portaminas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “portaminas”, 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