carrilero

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós

Proto-Italic *korzos

Latin currus

Proto-Indo-European *-elis

Proto-Italic *-elis

Latin -ilis

Latin -īlis

Late Latin currīlis

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Latin carrusinflu.

Vulgar Latin *carrīlis

Old Spanish carril

Spanish carril

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Spanish -ero

Spanish carrilero

From carril + -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kariˈleɾo/ [ka.riˈle.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ca‧rri‧le‧ro

Noun

carrilero m (plural carrileros, feminine carrilera, feminine plural carrileras)

1. (soccer) wingback (a player who doubles as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking)
   • 2015 July 27, “La Copa de Andrés Guardado”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Fue un golazo que abrió el marcador y demostró la valía del carrilero del PSV, que convertía su sexto tanto en el torneo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “carrilero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025