novillero

English

Etymology

From Spanish novillero.

Noun

novillero (plural novilleros)

1. (bullfighting) A young trainee bullfighter (who fights against novillos).

Spanish

Etymology

From novillo +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nobiˈʝeɾo/ [no.β̞iˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /nobiˈʝeɾo/ [no.β̞iˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /nobiˈʎeɾo/ [no.β̞iˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /nobiˈʃeɾo/ [no.β̞iˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /nobiˈʒeɾo/ [no.β̞iˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: no‧vi‧lle‧ro

Noun

novillero m (plural novilleros, feminine novillera, feminine plural novilleras)

1. (bullfighting) young trainee bullfighter (who fights against novillos)
2. truant (one who is absent without permission, especially from school)

Derived terms

• novilleril

 

Further reading

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