Noun: aguzanieves
Gender: m
Hyphenation: a‧gu‧za‧nie‧ves
| Singular m | aguzanieves |
| Plural m | aguzanieves |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like aguzanieves
chikistrikis,
matachispas,
sacacuartos,
aguzanieves,
scrach,
buscapalabras,
sosias,
sacacorazones,
atajacaminos,
paterfamilias,
sacabotas,
lanzaguisantes,
vendemotos,
pisapatatas,
lanzatorpedos,
pisapapeles,
portaequipajes,
show cooking,
picamaderos de Magallanes,
yachak, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Alteration of Old Spanish auze de nieves (literally “snow bird”), named for its habit of being seen walking in the snow. The first element, auze, is ultimately from a back-formation of Latin avicella (“little bird”), while the second element is inherited from Latin nix (“snow”). The modern spelling, aguzanieves, is likely the result of folk-etymological influence from the verb aguzar (“to sharpen”), reinterpreting the name as "snow-sharpener". See: Latin Nouns '
avicella', Latin Nouns '
nix', Latin Nouns '
nix'.
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