noun, masculine/kitaˈnjebes/plural: quitanieves
snow plow (US), snow plough (UK); plural of quitanieve
“Nada nuevo en la cordillera Cantábrica si no fuese porque este escenario es el que ha provocado la muerte de un operario de una quitanieves, César Fernández, a la que un alud arrasó el viernes por la noche en el concejo de Aller, muy cerca de León.” — Nothing new in the Cantabrian Mountains if it were not for the fact that this scenario is what caused the death of a snowplow operator, César Fernández, which [referring to the snowplow] was devastated by an avalanche on Friday night in the municipality of Aller, very close to León.
Verb-object compound, composed of quita (“to remove”) + nieves (“snows”).