martillero

Spanish

Etymology

From martillo (“hammer; gavel”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maɾtiˈʝeɾo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʝe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /maɾtiˈʎeɾo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʎe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾtiˈʃeɾo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʃe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾtiˈʒeɾo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʒe.ɾo]

Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: mar‧ti‧lle‧ro

Noun

martillero m (plural martilleros, feminine martillera, feminine plural martilleras)

(Argentina, Chile) auctioneer
Synonym: subastador

Further reading

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

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