abrelatas

Galician

Etymology

From abre (“it opens”) +‎ latas (“cans”).

Noun

abrelatas m (invariable)

1. (US, CA) can opener/can-opener, (UK, AU) tin opener/tin-opener (device to open tin cans)

   Synonym: abridor

Further reading

• “abrelatas” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of abre (“to open”) +‎ latas (“cans”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abɾeˈlatas/ [a.β̞ɾeˈla.t̪as]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -atas
• Syllabification: a‧bre‧la‧tas

Noun

abrelatas m (plural abrelatas)

1. (US, CA) can opener/can-opener, (UK, AU) tin opener/tin-opener (device to open tin cans)

   Synonym: abridor

Descendants

• → Hiligaynon: abrilatas
• → Tagalog: abrelata

Further reading

• “abrelatas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014