portaminas

Spanish

Different mechanical pencils

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) +‎ minas (“pencil leads”). Compare French porte-mine.

Noun

portaminas m (plural portaminas)

mechanical pencil
Synonyms: lápiz mecánico, (Mexico) lapicero

Related terms

portaplumas

See also

portaminas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

“portaminas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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