pandillero

Spanish

Etymology

From pandilla (“gang”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /pandiˈʝeɾo/ [pãn̪.d̪iˈʝe.ɾo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /pandiˈʎeɾo/ [pãn̪.d̪iˈʎe.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /pandiˈʃeɾo/ [pãn̪.d̪iˈʃe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /pandiˈʒeɾo/ [pãn̪.d̪iˈʒe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: pan‧di‧lle‧ro

Noun

pandillero m (plural pandilleros, feminine pandillera, feminine plural pandilleras)

  1. gangster, gang member
    Synonyms: gángster, marero
    • 2016 July, “El problema de las pandillas”, in El Deber Bolivia‎[1], archived from the original on 25 July 2016:
      La víctima fue otro pandillero, seis años mayor que él, tras una violenta gresca que derivó en el hecho de sangre.
      The victim was another gang member, six years his senior, after a violent brawl that led to the bloody event.

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