charrasca
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Asturian
[edit]Noun
[edit]charrasca f (plural charrasques)
- razor (shaving knife)
Synonyms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]charrasca f (plural charrascas)
- (music, Latin America) a jawbone used as a percussion instrument
- Synonyms: quijada, charaina, carretilla, kahuaha
- 2016 December 21, “Un plato de comida puede convertirse en un regalo de Navidad”, in El Nacional[1]:
- A ese sonido se unió el estruendo de charrascas, maracas y tambores improvisados con botellas de agua y latas vacías.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Latin America) knife
Further reading
[edit]- “charrasca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28