tlapalero

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl tlapalli (“dye, ink, paint”) + -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tlapaˈleɾo/ [t̪la.paˈle.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: tla‧pa‧le‧ro

Noun

tlapalero m (plural tlapaleros, feminine tlapalera, feminine plural tlapaleras)

1. hardware dealer, the owner or employee of a tlapalería (hardware store or paint store)

   Synonym: ferretero

Related terms

• tlapalería

Further reading

• “tlapalero”, 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