pelotillero

Spanish

Etymology

From pelotilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pelotiˈʝeɾo/ [pe.lo.t̪iˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pelotiˈʝeɾo/ [pe.lo.t̪iˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /pelotiˈʎeɾo/ [pe.lo.t̪iˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pelotiˈʃeɾo/ [pe.lo.t̪iˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pelotiˈʒeɾo/ [pe.lo.t̪iˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pe‧lo‧ti‧lle‧ro

Noun

pelotillero m (plural pelotilleros, feminine pelotillera, feminine plural pelotilleras)

1. sycophant; toady

Further reading

• “pelotillero”, 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