cortaplumas
Spanish, noun[koɾt̪aˈplumas]
cortaplumas is spelled C-O-R-T-A-P-L-U-M-A-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 135,232nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cortaplumas is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “penknife” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento a manera de navaja pequeña, que sirve para cortar plumas de ave para escribir”.
What does cortaplumas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepenknife
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento a manera de navaja pequeña, que sirve para cortar plumas de ave para escribir. 2. Por extensión, navaja o cuchillo pequeño multiuso.
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 cortaplumas?
- [koɾt̪aˈplumas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cortaplumas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cortaplumas in Spanish?
cortaplumas appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).