tlapalero
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Classical Nahuatl tlapalli (“dye, ink, paint”) + -ero.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tlapalero m (plural tlapaleros, feminine tlapalera, feminine plural tlapaleras)
- hardware dealer, the owner or employee of a tlapalería (hardware store or paint store)
- Synonym: ferretero
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tlapalero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014