organillero

Spanish

Etymology

From organillo +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oɾɡaniˈʝeɾo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞a.niˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oɾɡaniˈʝeɾo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞a.niˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /oɾɡaniˈʎeɾo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞a.niˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɾɡaniˈʃeɾo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞a.niˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɾɡaniˈʒeɾo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞a.niˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: or‧ga‧ni‧lle‧ro

Noun

organillero m (plural organilleros, feminine organillera, feminine plural organilleras)

1. organ grinder
   • 2015 November 21, “Ratas sabias”, in El País‎^[1]:

     En aquellos tiempos, los juegos con ratas eran habituales en calles y plazas, junto a charlatanes, tiovivos, organilleros, circos acrobáticos e hípicos, extravagancias y deformidades.

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Further reading

• “organillero”, 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