guerrillero

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerrillero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛɹɪˈjɛəɹəʊ/, /ɡɛɹɪˈljɛəɹəʊ/
• Hyphenation: guer‧ril‧le‧ro

Noun

guerrillero (plural guerrilleros)

1. A guerrilla fighter.

   Synonyms: guerrilla, partisan

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerrillero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡə.rilˈjɛː.roː/, /ɡə.rilˈjeː.roː/, /ˌɡeː-/

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• Hyphenation: guer‧ril‧le‧ro

Noun

guerrillero m (plural guerrillero's)

1. a guerrilla fighter

   Synonyms: guerrilla, guerrillastrijder

Spanish

Etymology

From guerrilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡeriˈʝeɾo/ [ɡe.riˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡeriˈʝeɾo/ [ɡe.riˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains to Paraguay, Philippines) /ɡeriˈʎeɾo/ [ɡe.riˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡeriˈʃeɾo/ [ɡe.riˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡeriˈʒeɾo/ [ɡe.riˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: gue‧rri‧lle‧ro

Adjective

guerrillero (feminine guerrillera, masculine plural guerrilleros, feminine plural guerrilleras)

1. guerrilla, guerilla

Noun

guerrillero m (plural guerrilleros, feminine guerrillera, feminine plural guerrilleras)

1. guerrilla, guerilla

   Synonym: partisano

Descendants

• → French: guérillero
• → Italian: guerrigliero

Further reading

• “guerrillero”, 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