guerrillero

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerrillero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛɹɪˈjɛəɹəʊ/, /ɡɛɹɪˈljɛəɹəʊ/
  • Hyphenation: guer‧ril‧le‧ro

Noun

guerrillero (plural guerrilleros)

  1. A guerrilla fighter.
    Synonyms: guerrilla, partisan
    Coordinate term: guerrillera

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerrillero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡə.rilˈjɛː.roː/, /ɡə.rilˈjeː.roː/, /ˌɡeː-/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: guer‧ril‧le‧ro

Noun

guerrillero m (plural guerrillero's)

  1. a guerrilla fighter
    Synonyms: guerrilla, guerrillastrijder

Spanish

Etymology

From guerrilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ɡeriˈʝeɾo/ [ɡe.riˈʝe.ɾo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /ɡeriˈʎeɾo/ [ɡe.riˈʎe.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /ɡeriˈʃeɾo/ [ɡe.riˈʃe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ɡeriˈʒeɾo/ [ɡe.riˈʒe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: gue‧rri‧lle‧ro

Adjective

guerrillero (feminine guerrillera, masculine plural guerrilleros, feminine plural guerrilleras)

  1. guerrilla

Noun

guerrillero m (plural guerrilleros, feminine guerrillera, feminine plural guerrilleras)

  1. guerrilla
    Synonym: partisano

Descendants

  • French: guérillero
  • Italian: guerrigliero

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