quincallero

Spanish

Etymology

From quincalla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kinkaˈʝeɾo/ [kĩŋ.kaˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kinkaˈʝeɾo/ [kĩŋ.kaˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kinkaˈʎeɾo/ [kĩŋ.kaˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kinkaˈʃeɾo/ [kĩŋ.kaˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kinkaˈʒeɾo/ [kĩŋ.kaˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: quin‧ca‧lle‧ro

Noun

quincallero m (plural quincalleros, feminine quincallera, feminine plural quincalleras)

1. metal merchant, ironmonger

Derived terms

• quinqui

 

Further reading

• “quincallero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28