buscapersonas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of busca (“to look for”) +‎ personas (“people”).

Noun

buscapersonas m (plural buscapersonas)

1. pager (a wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages)

Derived terms

• busca

Further reading

• “buscapersonas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024