cuadrillero

Spanish

Etymology

From cuadrilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kwadɾiˈʝeɾo/ [kwa.ð̞ɾiˈʝe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kwadɾiˈʎeɾo/ [kwa.ð̞ɾiˈʎe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kwadɾiˈʃeɾo/ [kwa.ð̞ɾiˈʃe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kwadɾiˈʒeɾo/ [kwa.ð̞ɾiˈʒe.ɾo]

Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: cua‧dri‧lle‧ro

Noun

cuadrillero m (plural cuadrilleros, feminine cuadrillera, feminine plural cuadrilleras)

worker in a team
gangleader

Further reading

“cuadrillero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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