algodonero
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]algodonero (feminine algodonera, masculine plural algodoneros, feminine plural algodoneras)
- (relational) cotton
- growing cotton
- 2015 November 13, “La resurrección del pueblo sepultado en el lodo”, in El País[1]:
- La radio les avisó de la tragedia: Armero, una próspera población algodonera de 50.000 habitantes, a cuatro horas de Bogotá, había sido arrasada por la furia de la naturaleza y la desidia del Estado.
- The radio informed them of the tragedy: Armero, a prosperous cotton town of 50,000 inhabitants, four hours from Bogotá, had been devastated by a natural fury and the slovenliness of the State.
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]algodonero m (plural algodoneros, feminine algodonera, feminine plural algodoneras)
Further reading
[edit]- “algodonero”, 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