hospedero

Spanish

Etymology

From huésped +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ospeˈdeɾo/ [os.peˈð̞e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: hos‧pe‧de‧ro

Noun

hospedero m (plural hospederos, feminine hospedera, feminine plural hospederas)

1. host (person in charge of guests)
2. (biology) host (organism that harbors a parasitic, a mutual, or a commensal symbiont)

   Synonyms: huésped, hospedador, hospedante

Further reading

• “hospedero”, 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