arrocero
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /aroˈθeɾo/ [a.roˈθe.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aroˈseɾo/ [a.roˈse.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: a‧rro‧ce‧ro
Adjective
[edit]arrocero (feminine arrocera, masculine plural arroceros, feminine plural arroceras)
- (relational) rice
- 1995, Competitividad de la Produccion de Arroz, section 56:
- La agricultura arrocera de Viet Nam es altamente intensiva en mano de obra, mano de obra que es particularmente barata en el norte del país.
- Rice agriculture in Vietnam is highly labour-intensive, labour which is particularly cheap in the north of the country.
- (of a person) who likes to eat rice; rice-loving
- 2000, Humberto Rodríguez Pastor, Herederos del dragón: historia de la comunidad China en el Perú, page 358:
- No es que con los chinos se inicia el consumo de arroz en la costa, pero sí se intensifica y su producción se amplía. Actualmente, todo buen costeño es arrocero.
- It is not that consumption of rice on the coast began with the Chinese, but it certainly was intensified and its production expanded. Nowadays, every good coast-dweller likes to eat rice.
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[edit]Noun
[edit]arrocero m (plural arroceros, feminine arrocera, feminine plural arroceras)
- rice farmer
- 1991 October 18, Avances en la reforma institucional, politicas y organizacion del sector privado para participar en el proceso de apertura en America Latina y el Caribe. El caso de Colombia, section 47:
- Para los arroceros es claro que si se quiere aumentar la productividad, para competir en el mercado mundial, es necesario modernizar el sistema de comercialización.
- To the rice farmers it is clear that if it is desired to improve productivity in order to compete in the global market, it is necessary to modernize the marketing system.
- (slang, Venezuela) gatecrasher
- Synonyms: coleado, paracaidista
- 2010 February 8, Pedro Camacho, “Diez personajes indispensables en la boda venezolana”, in Yo Soy Venezolano:
- Su aparición en público es rara, como los eclipses solares o las bodas venezolanas sin arroceros (más acerca de este punto un poco más adelante).
- His appearance in public is rare, like solar eclipses or Venezuelan weddings without gatecrashers (more on this a bit later).
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “arrocero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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