cortaúñas
Spanish, noun/koɾtaˈuɲas/
cortaúñas is spelled C-O-R-T-A-Ú-Ñ-A-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 135,232nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cortaúñas is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “nail clipper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Herramienta consistente en dos pequeñas hojas que, gracias a un mecanismo de palanca, sirve para cortar las…”.
What does cortaúñas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenail clipper
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Herramienta consistente en dos pequeñas hojas que, gracias a un mecanismo de palanca, sirve para cortar las uñas.
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 cortaúñas?
- /koɾtaˈuɲas/
- [koɾ.t̪aˈu.ɲas]
- [koɾt̪aˈuɲas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cortaúñas in Spanish?
cortaúñas 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).