bullanguero
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buʝanˈɡeɾo/ [bu.ʝãŋˈɡe.ɾo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /buʎanˈɡeɾo/ [bu.ʎãŋˈɡe.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /buʃanˈɡeɾo/ [bu.ʃãŋˈɡe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /buʒanˈɡeɾo/ [bu.ʒãŋˈɡe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: bu‧llan‧gue‧ro
Adjective
bullanguero (feminine bullanguera, masculine plural bullangueros, feminine plural bullangueras)
- lively, rowdy
- 2015 December 31, “Una tierra intensa › Cuba › Granma - Órgano oficial del PCC”, in Granma[1]:
- Porque Jamaica es un pueblo de contrastes, que al cubano puede darle no pocas veces la impresión de estar en el Santiago caliente y bullanguero.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
bullanguero m (plural bullangueros, feminine bullanguera, feminine plural bullangueras)
- lively, rowdy person
- Synonym: alborotador
Further reading
- “bullanguero”, 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