sacabocados

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) +‎ bocados (“mouthfuls, bits (of something)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sakaboˈkados/ [sa.ka.β̞oˈka.ð̞os]
• Rhymes: -ados
• Syllabification: sa‧ca‧bo‧ca‧dos

Noun

sacabocados m (plural sacabocados)

1. punch (device used to create holes in materials)

Further reading

• “sacabocados”, 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