mulillero

Spanish

Etymology

From mulilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /muliˈʝeɾo/ [mu.liˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /muliˈʝeɾo/ [mu.liˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /muliˈʎeɾo/ [mu.liˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /muliˈʃeɾo/ [mu.liˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /muliˈʒeɾo/ [mu.liˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: mu‧li‧lle‧ro

Noun

mulillero m (plural mulilleros, feminine mulillera, feminine plural mulilleras)

1. (bullfighting) Someone who drags the dead bull out of the arena

Further reading

• “mulillero”, 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