Noun: matachispas
Gender: m
Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧chis‧pas
| Singular m | matachispas |
| Plural m | matachispas |
Sample Sentences
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Entre las acciones realizadas, se incluye la revisión de los medios de transporte que tienen que entrar con regularidad a los macizos forestales, para verificar que posean matachispas. (Among the actions carried out, the review of the means of transport that have to enter the forest massifs regularly is included, to verify that they have spark arrestors.) [2015 February 26, Ronald Suárez Rivas, “¿Pueden evitarse?”, in Granma:]
Nouns inflected like matachispas
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
Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + chispas (“sparks”).
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