buscaniguas
Spanish, noun/buskaˈniɡwas/
buscaniguas is spelled B-U-S-C-A-N-I-G-U-A-S (11 letters). Buscaniguas is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “firecracker set off to move horizontally close to the ground” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Petardo, cohete sin varilla o tipo de fuego pirotécnico con efecto tierra que, al encenderse, corre por la…”.
What does buscaniguas mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicocolloquialmasculinefirecracker set off to move horizontally close to the ground
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petardo, cohete sin varilla o tipo de fuego pirotécnico con efecto tierra que, al encenderse, corre por la tierra entre los pies de la gente.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce buscaniguas?
- /buskaˈniɡwas/
- [bus.kaˈni.ɣ̞was]
- [buskaˈniɣ̞was]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.