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Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of traga (“to swallow”) + luz (“light”). Literally, “light swallower”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /tɾaɡaˈluθ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /tɾaɡaˈlus/
- Rhymes: -uθ
- Rhymes: -us
- Syllabification: tra‧ga‧luz
Noun
tragaluz m (plural tragaluces)
- skylight
- Synonym: claraboya
1967, Antonio Buero Vallejo, “El tragaluz [The Skylight]”, in Mariano de Paco, editor, Hoy es fiesta; El tragaluz (Letras hispánicas; 686), Cátedra, published 2011 June 6, →ISBN, Parte primera [First Part], page 190:El amplio tragaluz […] es invisible: se encuentra en la cuarta pared y […] proyecta sobre la estancia la sombra de su reja.- The large skylight is invisible: it is found on the fourth wall and projects the shadow of its grating onto the room.
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