salitrero

Spanish

Etymology

From salitre (“saltpeter”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saliˈtɾeɾo/ [sa.liˈt̪ɾe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: sa‧li‧tre‧ro

Adjective

salitrero (feminine salitrera, masculine plural salitreros, feminine plural salitreras)

1. (relational) saltpeter

Further reading

• “salitrero”, 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