Polyglot Dictionary

mancuernillas

/mankwerˈniʝas/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las mancuernillas

Meaning

  1. cufflinks

    • Se puso las mancuernillas de oro para la boda.

      He put on the gold cufflinks for the wedding.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Plural-only noun for the small decorative fasteners worn through a formal shirt's cuff buttonholes instead of sewn-on buttons — the usual term in Mexico and much of Latin America; Spain tends to say "gemelos" for the same thing.

Practice

1 What does mancuernillas mean?

2 Fill the gap: Se puso las ___ de oro para la boda.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mancuernillas?

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