buscapiés

== Spanish == === Etymology === Verb-object compound, composed of busca (“to search for”) +‎ pies (“feet”). Literally, “feet-searcher”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buskaˈpjes/ [bus.kaˈpjes] Rhymes: -es Syllabification: bus‧ca‧piés === Noun === buscapiés m (plural buscapieses) firecracker set off to move horizontally close to the ground Synonym: buscaniguas === Noun === buscapiés plural of buscapié === Further reading === “buscapiés”, 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 “buscapiés”, 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