matacandelas
Spanish, noun/matakanˈdelas/
matacandelas is spelled M-A-T-A-C-A-N-D-E-L-A-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written Spanish, the 304,756th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matacandelas is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “snuffer, candlesnuffer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento cónico que, puesto en el extremo de una vara, sirve para apagar las luces de velas o cirios”.
What does matacandelas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesnuffer, candlesnuffer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento cónico que, puesto en el extremo de una vara, sirve para apagar las luces de velas o cirios
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 matacandelas?
- /matakanˈdelas/
- [ma.t̪a.kãn̪ˈd̪e.las]
- [mat̪akãn̪ˈd̪elas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is matacandelas in Spanish?
matacandelas appears about once in every 78 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).