organillero
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɾɡaniˈʝeɾo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞a.niˈʝe.ɾo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /oɾɡaniˈʎeɾo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞a.niˈʎe.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /oɾɡaniˈʃeɾo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞a.niˈʃe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /oɾɡaniˈʒeɾo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞a.niˈʒe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: or‧ga‧ni‧lle‧ro
Noun
organillero m (plural organilleros, feminine organillera, feminine plural organilleras)
- organ grinder
- 2015 November 21, “Ratas sabias”, in El País[1]:
- En aquellos tiempos, los juegos con ratas eran habituales en calles y plazas, junto a charlatanes, tiovivos, organilleros, circos acrobáticos e hípicos, extravagancias y deformidades.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “organillero”, 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