quitanieves

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of quita (“to remove”) +‎ nieves (“snows”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kitaˈnjebes/ [ki.t̪aˈnje.β̞es]
• Rhymes: -ebes
• Syllabification: qui‧ta‧nie‧ves

Noun

quitanieves m (plural quitanieves)

1. snow plow (US), snow plough (UK)
   • 2021 January 4, Juan Navarro, “Rescate imposible entre aludes en el puerto de San Isidro”, in El País‎^[1], retrieved 2021-01-04:

     Nada nuevo en la cordillera Cantábrica si no fuese porque este escenario es el que ha provocado la muerte de un operario de una quitanieves, César Fernández, a la que un alud arrasó el viernes por la noche en el concejo de Aller, muy cerca de León.

     Nothing new in the Cantabrian Mountains if it were not for the fact that this scenario is what caused the death of a snowplow operator, César Fernández, which [referring to the snowplow] was devastated by an avalanche on Friday night in the municipality of Aller, very close to León.

2. plural of quitanieve

Alternative forms

• quitanieve

Further reading

• “quitanieves”, 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