llavero

Spanish

Etymology

From llave +‎ -ero. Compare Portuguese chaveiro, Galician chaveiro, Catalan clauer, French clavier, Italian chiavaio; cf. also Late Latin clavarius.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈbeɾo/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈβ̞e.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ʝaˈbeɾo/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈβ̞e.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ʎaˈbeɾo/ [ʎaˈβ̞e.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaˈbeɾo/ [ʃaˈβ̞e.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaˈbeɾo/ [ʒaˈβ̞e.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: lla‧ve‧ro

Noun

llavero m (plural llaveros)

1. keyring, keychain, keyfob
2. key holder (a holder for keys for wall)

   Synonym: cuelga llaves

Noun

llavero m (plural llaveros, feminine llavera, feminine plural llaveras)

1. keyholder, claviger (person in charge of keys for a given location)

Related terms

• clavero
• llave

 

Further reading

• “llavero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28