cerillero

Spanish

Etymology

From cerilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θeɾiˈʝeɾo/ [θe.ɾiˈʝe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeɾiˈʎeɾo/ [θe.ɾiˈʎe.ɾo]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /seɾiˈʝeɾo/ [se.ɾiˈʝe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /seɾiˈʎeɾo/ [se.ɾiˈʎe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seɾiˈʃeɾo/ [se.ɾiˈʃe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seɾiˈʒeɾo/ [se.ɾiˈʒe.ɾo]

Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: ce‧ri‧lle‧ro

Noun

cerillero m (plural cerilleros)

matchbox

Further reading

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

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