fontanero

Spanish

Etymology

From fontana +‎ -ero; cf. also Late Latin fontanārius. Compare Galician fontaneiro, French fontainier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fontaˈneɾo/ [fõn̪.t̪aˈne.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: fon‧ta‧ne‧ro

Noun

fontanero m (plural fontaneros, feminine fontanera, feminine plural fontaneras)

1. (Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras) plumber

   Synonyms: plomero, gasfitero, tubero

Related terms

• fontana
• fuente

 

Further reading

• “fontanero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28