banderillero
English
A banderillero in traditional costume.
Etymology
From Spanish banderillero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbændəɹiːˈjeəɹəʊ/
Noun
banderillero (plural banderilleros)
- (bullfighting) A member of the cuadrilla who uses banderillas.
- 1959, “In Old Mexico”, Tom Lehrer (music):
- I cheered at the banderilleros’ display / as they stuck the bull in their own clever way […]
Translations
one who sticks the banderillas in the bull's neck
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish banderillero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑ̃.de.ʁi.je.ʁo/
Further reading
- “banderillero”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
From banderilla + -ero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /bandeɾiˈʝeɾo/ [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾiˈʝe.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /bandeɾiˈʎeɾo/ [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾiˈʎe.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bandeɾiˈʃeɾo/ [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾiˈʃe.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bandeɾiˈʒeɾo/ [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾiˈʒe.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: ban‧de‧ri‧lle‧ro
Noun
banderillero m (plural banderilleros)
- (bullfighting) banderillero
- (by extension) lackey, lickspittle
Descendants
- → English: banderillero
- → French: banderillero
Further reading
- “banderillero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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