cuadrillero

Spanish

Etymology

From cuadrilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kwadɾiˈʝeɾo/ [kwa.ð̞ɾiˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kwadɾiˈʝeɾo/ [kwa.ð̞ɾiˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kwadɾiˈʎeɾo/ [kwa.ð̞ɾiˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kwadɾiˈʃeɾo/ [kwa.ð̞ɾiˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kwadɾiˈʒeɾo/ [kwa.ð̞ɾiˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: cua‧dri‧lle‧ro

Noun

cuadrillero m (plural cuadrilleros, feminine cuadrillera, feminine plural cuadrilleras)

1. worker in a team
2. gangleader

Further reading

• “cuadrillero”, 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