banderillero

English

A banderillero in traditional costume.

Etymology

From Spanish banderillero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbændəɹiːˈjeəɹəʊ/

Noun

banderillero (plural banderilleros)

1. (bullfighting) A member of the cuadrilla who uses banderillas.
   • 1959, “In Old Mexico”, Tom Lehrer (music):

     I cheered at the banderilleros’ display / as they stuck the bull in their own clever way […]

Translations

one who sticks the banderillas in the bull's neck

• French: banderillero (fr) m, bandérilléro (fr) m
• Spanish: banderillero (es) m
• Swedish: banderillero (sv) c

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish banderillero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.de.ʁi.je.ʁo/

Noun

banderillero m (plural banderilleros)

1. (bullfighting) banderillero

Further reading

• “banderillero”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

From banderilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bandeɾiˈʝeɾo/ [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾiˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /bandeɾiˈʝeɾo/ [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾiˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /bandeɾiˈʎeɾo/ [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾiˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bandeɾiˈʃeɾo/ [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾiˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bandeɾiˈʒeɾo/ [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾiˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ban‧de‧ri‧lle‧ro

Noun

banderillero m (plural banderilleros)

1. (bullfighting) banderillero
2. (by extension) lackey, lickspittle

Descendants

• → English: banderillero
• → French: banderillero

Further reading

• “banderillero”, 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