cerillero

Spanish

Etymology

From cerilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾiˈʝeɾo/ [θe.ɾiˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θeɾiˈʝeɾo/ [θe.ɾiˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeɾiˈʎeɾo/ [θe.ɾiˈʎe.ɾo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seɾiˈʝeɾo/ [se.ɾiˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /seɾiˈʝeɾo/ [se.ɾiˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /seɾiˈʎeɾo/ [se.ɾiˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seɾiˈʃeɾo/ [se.ɾiˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seɾiˈʒeɾo/ [se.ɾiˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ce‧ri‧lle‧ro

Noun

cerillero m (plural cerilleros)

1. matchbox

   Synonym: fosforera

Further reading

• “cerillero”, 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