canfín

Spanish

Noun

canfín m (uncountable)

  1. (Costa Rica) kerosene
    • 2019 December 21, Jacques Sagot, “Brunhilda de Portilla, la compositora costarricense que se volvió el alma de la Navidad”, in La Nación (Costa Rica)‎:
      No había alumbrado eléctrico, solo candelas o lamparitas de canfín.
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