rascacielos
Spanish
Alternative forms
- rascacielo
Etymology
rascar (“to scratch”) + cielo (“sky, heaven”), a calque of English skyscraper.
Pronunciation
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Noun
rascacielos m (plural rascacielos)
- skyscraper
- plural of rascacielo
Usage notes
Although rascacielos is both the singular and plural form of the word, rascacielo is an alternative spelling of the singular form.
Further reading
- “rascacielos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014