agujero

/aɡuˈxeɾo/ · A2 · noun · m

hole

agujero — hole

🕳️🪡 agujero = aguja (needle) + -ero: first a needle-holder, then a needle-sized hole

From aguja (needle) plus the suffix -ero. It originally named a pincushion, the thing that holds needles, then shifted to the small opening a needle makes, and finally to any hole. A hole in the accounts is a debt.

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