basurero

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basurero.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧su‧re‧ro
• IPA^(key): /basuˈɾeɾo/

Noun

basurero

1. garbage collector

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Cebuano

Etymology

From basura +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧su‧re‧ro
• IPA^(key): /basuˈɾeɾo/, [bʌ.s̪ʊˈɾ̪i.ɾ̪ʊ]

Noun

basurero (feminine basurera)

1. a male garbage collector

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Ibanag

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basurero.

Noun

basurero

1. garbage collector

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Spanish

Etymology

From basura +‎ -ero.

Noun

basurero m (plural basureros, feminine basurera, feminine plural basureras)

1. dustman, garbage collector (worker who removes refuse)

Noun

basurero m (plural basureros)

1. landfill, dump (place where waste or garbage is left)

   Synonyms: basural, vertedero

2. (Chile, Costa Rica, Peru) dustbin, dust bin, garbage can

   Synonyms: (El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico) bote de basura, (Colombia) caneca de basura, (especially Cuba and Honduras) cesto de basura, (Cuba) latón de basura, (Venezuela) pipote de basura, (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) tacho de basura, (Panama) tinaco de basura, (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) zafacón

Related terms

• basura

Further reading

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

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Tagalog

Etymology

From basura +‎ -ero, ultimately from Spanish basurero.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧su‧re‧ro
• IPA^(key): /basuˈɾeɾo/, [bɐ.sʊˈɾe.ɾo]

Noun

basurero (feminine basurera)

1. garbage collector

   Synonyms: magbabasura, tagahakot-basura