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Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of abre (“to open”) + boca (“mouth”).
Noun
abreboca m (plural abrebocas)
- appetizer, starter
- Synonym: aperitivo
2016 September 30, “El fútbol tienta a la muerte en carretera”, in El Nacional:Cabizbajos y con el dolor que supone caer derrotados encajando un gol al minuto 90, Trujillanos FC se retiró del Estadio Monumental de Maturín con las manos vacías y con un sabor amargo, lo que sería apenas un abreboca de lo que les vendría tan solo unas horas más tarde.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (medicine) a device to hold the mouth open
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