banderillero
English
Etymology
From Spanish banderillero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbændəɹiːˈjeəɹəʊ/
Noun
banderillero (plural banderilleros)
- (bullfighting) A member of the cuadrilla who uses banderillas.
- 1959, “In Old Mexico”, Tom Lehrer (music):
- I cheered at the banderilleros’ display / as they stuck the bull in their own clever way […]
Translations
one who sticks the banderillas in the bull's neck
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish banderillero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑ̃.de.ʁi.je.ʁo/
Noun
banderillero m (plural banderilleros)
Further reading
- “banderillero”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
From banderilla + -ero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bandeɾiˈʝeɾo/ [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾiˈʝe.ɾo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /bandeɾiˈʎeɾo/ [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾiˈʎe.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /bandeɾiˈʃeɾo/ [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾiˈʃe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /bandeɾiˈʒeɾo/ [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾiˈʒe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: ban‧de‧ri‧lle‧ro
Noun
banderillero m (plural banderilleros)
- (bullfighting) banderillero
- (by extension) lackey, lickspittle
Descendants
- → English: banderillero
- → French: banderillero
Further reading
- “banderillero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024