canalero

Spanish

Etymology

Referring to the Panama Canal: canal + -ero.

Adjective

canalero (feminine canalera, masculine plural canaleros, feminine plural canaleras)

1. (Central America, exonym) Panamanian

Noun

canalero m (plural canaleros, feminine canalera, feminine plural canaleras)

1. (Central America, exonym) a Panamanian

   Synonym: panameño

Usage notes

• Unlike popular local nicknames for other Central American nationalities such as catracho (Honduran), nica (Nicaraguan) or tico (Costa Rican), canalero is not commonly used by Panamanians themselves in any context.

Further reading

• “canalero”, 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