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Cuchillo para untar

Definition

(noun) A knife with a flat metal edge and a rounded point used to spread butter on bread

Examples

En el desayuno ella usó el cuchillo para untar para ponerle mantequilla al pan tostado.
At breakfast, she used the butter knife to butter her toast.
  • Pásame el cuchillo para untar, por favor.

    Pass me the butter knife, please.

  • Ana dejó el cuchillo para untar en la mesa de la cocina, junto al tarro de mermelada.

    Ana left the butter knife on the kitchen table, next to the jam jar.

  • ¿Dónde metiste el cuchillo para untar?

    Where did you put the butter knife?

  • Los cuchillos para untar del hotel eran de plástico y se doblaban al primer uso.

    The hotel's butter knives were plastic and bent the first time you used them.

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Other Spanish words at this level include Jato, Picar, Bronca, Chuleta, and Frikismo. Tap any word to see its definition, examples, and audio.

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