sacapuntas
Spanish, noun/ˌsakaˈpuntas/
sacapuntas is spelled S-A-C-A-P-U-N-T-A-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,962nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sacapuntas is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pencil sharpener, sharpener” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento para afilar la punta de los lápices”.
What does sacapuntas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepencil sharpener, sharpener
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento para afilar la punta de los lápices. 2. Utensilio de cocina empleado con las verduras para hacer flores de verduras, tiras rizadas, espirales o tallarines o espaguetis vegetales.
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 sacapuntas?
- /ˌsakaˈpuntas/
- [ˌsa.kaˈpũn̪.t̪as]
- [sakaˈpũn̪t̪as]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sacapuntas in Spanish?
sacapuntas appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).