abacalero

Spanish

Etymology

From Tagalog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abakaˈleɾo/ [a.β̞a.kaˈle.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ca‧le‧ro

Noun

abacalero m (plural abacaleros, feminine abacalera, feminine plural abacaleras)

1. abaca worker (farmer, transporter, or salesman)

Further reading

• “abacalero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28