Knives in spanish

Cuchillos

pronunciation: kutʃijoʊs part of speech: noun
In gestures

knives [knife, -sing.] = cuchillos. 

Example: A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.

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» knives-out = con las garras fuera, con las uñas fuera.

Example: The recent vote of no confidence against the leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party has created a 'knives-out' atmosphere in the press.

» penknife [penknives, pl.] = navaja.

Example: The exhibition 'Out of the woodwork: On the history of tartanware' displays boxes, frames, penknives and other objects decorated with a distinctive tartan pattern and manufactured in Scotland in the 19th c.
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