cenicero

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ken-der.

Proto-Italic *kenisder.

Latin cinisder.

Vulgar Latin *cinisia

Old Spanish ceniza

Spanish ceniza

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Spanish -ero

Spanish cenicero

From ceniza + -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeniˈθeɾo/ [θe.niˈθe.ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seniˈseɾo/ [se.niˈse.ɾo] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ce‧ni‧ce‧ro

Noun

cenicero m (plural ceniceros)

1. ashtray

Further reading

• “cenicero”, 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