playera

Spanish

A T-shirt

A tennis shoe

Etymology

From playa +‎ -era.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plaˈʝeɾa/ [plaˈʝe.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /plaˈʝeɾa/ [plaˈʝe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /plaˈʃeɾa/ [plaˈʃe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /plaˈʒeɾa/ [plaˈʒe.ɾa]

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: pla‧ye‧ra

Noun

playera f (plural playeras)

1. (Guatemala, Mexico) T-shirt

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:camiseta

2. (Spain) tennis shoes, trainers, training shoes, running shoes, runners, sneakers (sports shoe)

Adjective

playera f sg

1. feminine singular of playero

Further reading

• “playero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16