fullero

Spanish

Etymology

From fulla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /fuˈʝeɾo/ [fuˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /fuˈʝeɾo/ [fuˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /fuˈʎeɾo/ [fuˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /fuˈʃeɾo/ [fuˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /fuˈʒeɾo/ [fuˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: fu‧lle‧ro

Adjective

fullero (feminine fullera, masculine plural fulleros, feminine plural fulleras)

1. prone to playing tricks
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 280:

     Los jugadores fulleros se lo cuelgan en la mano del envite, sobra la muñeca, y afirman que la piedrecilla les oprime el brazo cuando van a apostar a una carta que no ganará.

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Noun

fullero m (plural fulleros, feminine fullera, feminine plural fulleras)

1. trickster

Derived terms

• fullería

 

Further reading

• “fullero”, 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