playero

Spanish

Etymology

From playa +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /plaˈʝeɾo/ [plaˈʝe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /plaˈʃeɾo/ [plaˈʃe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /plaˈʒeɾo/ [plaˈʒe.ɾo]

Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: pla‧ye‧ro

Adjective

playero (feminine playera, masculine plural playeros, feminine plural playeras)

(relational) beach
(bullfighting) having horns pointing horizontally out

Noun

playero m (plural playeros)

any of several species of sandpiper, in the genus Calidris
Synonym: correlimos
(northern Spain) trainer, sneaker (sports shoe)
(Equatorial Guinea) a member of any of various coastal ethnic groups, including the Kombe, Kwasio, Lengue, and Benga peoples

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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