cerrajero

Spanish

Etymology

From cerraja +‎ -ero, from Latin serāculum, from serō (“to bolt, to bar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeraˈxeɾo/ [θe.raˈxe.ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seraˈxeɾo/ [se.raˈxe.ɾo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ce‧rra‧je‧ro

Noun

cerrajero m (plural cerrajeros)

1. locksmith

Related terms

• cerradura
• cerrajería
• cerrar

Further reading

• “cerrajero”, 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