tapacubos

/tapaˈkuβos/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los tapacubos

Meaning

  1. hubcap

    Built from tapa (covers (from tapar)) + cubos (hubs).

    • Perdió un tapacubos.

      He lost a hubcap.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • tapa covers (from tapar)
  • cubos hubs

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

enjoliveur

enjoliveur is the French word for the same thing — both mean "hubcap."

Practice

1 What does tapacubos mean?

2 Fill the gap: Perdió un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tapacubos?

nouncompound

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