abacero

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic صاحب الزاد (ṣāḥib az-zād, “owner of the provisions”). Or, from haba (“broad bean”), one of the provisions first sold at this store.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /abaˈθeɾo/ [a.β̞aˈθe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /abaˈseɾo/ [a.β̞aˈse.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ce‧ro

Noun

abacero m (plural abaceros, feminine abacera, feminine plural abaceras)

1. grocer

   Synonym: (Latin America) abarrotero

Derived terms

• abacería

 

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

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