bracero

See also: Bracero

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bracero (“laborer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹəˈsɪəɹəʊ/ (or as Spanish, below)

Noun

bracero (plural braceros)

1. (historical) A Mexican national working as an agricultural laborer in the United States from 1942-1964, or similarly a railroad worker from 1942-1945.

Spanish

Etymology

From brazo (“arm”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /bɾaˈθeɾo/ [bɾaˈθe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bɾaˈseɾo/ [bɾaˈse.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: bra‧ce‧ro

Noun

bracero m (plural braceros)

1. labourer, farmhand, navvy

Derived terms

• ir de bracero

 

Further reading

• “bracero”, 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