llanero

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llanero, from llano.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɑːˈnɛːɹəʊ/, /ljɑːˈnɛːɹəʊ/

Noun

llanero (plural llaneros)

  1. A plainsman; a South American cattle-herder or cowboy, especially in Venezuela and Colombia.
    • 2018, Wim Klooster, Revolutions in the Atlantic World, New Edition: A Comparative History, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 164:
      The fugitive slaves and their descendants who formed the bulk of the llaneros of Venezuela initially chose the royalist side.

Spanish

Etymology

From llano (“plain”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ʝaˈneɾo/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈne.ɾo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ʎaˈneɾo/ [ʎaˈne.ɾo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaˈneɾo/ [ʃaˈne.ɾo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaˈneɾo/ [ʒaˈne.ɾo]

  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: lla‧ne‧ro

Noun

llanero m (plural llaneros, feminine llanera, feminine plural llaneras)

  1. (South America, chiefly Venezuela, Colombia) plainsman, cowboy, llanero

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