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Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of busca (“to search for”) + niguas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buskaˈniɡwas/
- Rhymes: -iɡwas
- Syllabification: bus‧ca‧ni‧guas
Noun
buscaniguas m (plural buscaniguas)
- (colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia) firecracker set off to move horizontally close to the ground
- Synonym: buscapiés
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