lapicero
Spanish

Pencil holder
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /lapiˈθeɾo/ [la.piˈθe.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /lapiˈseɾo/ [la.piˈse.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: la‧pi‧ce‧ro
Noun
lapicero m (plural lapiceros)
- pencil holder, pencil pot
- pencil box, pencil case
- Synonyms: estuche, estuche escolar, cartuchera
- pencil
- Synonym: lápiz
- (Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, South and Southwestern Mexico, Dominican Republic, Peru) pen
- (Central Mexico) mechanical pencil (Canada, US), propelling pencil (UK)
- Synonyms: portaminas, lápiz mecánico
Further reading
- “lapicero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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