tonadillero

Spanish

Etymology

From tonadilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tonadiˈʝeɾo/ [t̪o.na.ð̞iˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tonadiˈʝeɾo/ [t̪o.na.ð̞iˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tonadiˈʎeɾo/ [t̪o.na.ð̞iˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tonadiˈʃeɾo/ [t̪o.na.ð̞iˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tonadiˈʒeɾo/ [t̪o.na.ð̞iˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: to‧na‧di‧lle‧ro

Noun

tonadillero m (plural tonadilleros, feminine tonadillera, feminine plural tonadilleras)

1. someone who sings tonadillas

Further reading

• “tonadillero”, 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