sacabocados
Spanish, noun/sakaboˈkados/
sacabocados is spelled S-A-C-A-B-O-C-A-D-O-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Spanish, the 236,842nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sacabocados is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “punch (device used to create holes in materials)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento de hierro, calzado de acero, con boca hueca y cortes afilados, que sirve para hacer perforaciones…”.
What does sacabocados mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepunch (device used to create holes in materials)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento de hierro, calzado de acero, con boca hueca y cortes afilados, que sirve para hacer perforaciones de forma precisa, principalmente en el cuero. 2. Medio eficaz con que se consigue lo que se pretende o se pide.
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 sacabocados?
- /sakaboˈkados/
- [sa.ka.β̞oˈka.ð̞os]
- [sakaβ̞oˈkað̞os]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sacabocados in Spanish?
sacabocados appears about once in every 45 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).