amapolero

Spanish

Etymology

From amapola +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amapoˈleɾo/ [a.ma.poˈle.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧po‧le‧ro

Noun

amapolero m (plural amapoleros, feminine amapolera, feminine plural amapoleras)

  1. one who seeks out opium poppies
    • 2022 June 1, Manuel Ansede, Olivia López Bueno, “Los vampiros del opio: un temerario turismo por los pueblos de España en busca de morfina [The Vampires of Opium: A brazen run through Spanish villages in search of morphine]”, in El País‎[1] (overall work in Spanish):
      El cadáver de Pasquale, un amapolero italiano de 32 años que murió tras ingerir opio en un cultivo legal de Alcaliber en Albacete en 2009.
      The body of Pasquale, a 32-year-old Italian poppy seeker who died after ingesting opium on a poppy farm owned by Alcaliber in Albacete in 2009.
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