buscaniguas

== Spanish == === Etymology === Verb-object compound, composed of busca (“to search for”) +‎ niguas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buskaˈniɡwas/ [bus.kaˈni.ɣ̞was] 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 === Further reading === “buscaniguas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “buscaniguas”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010