forrajero

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

French fourragebor.

Spanish forraje

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Spanish -ero

Spanish forrajero

From forraje (“forage”) + -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foraˈxeɾo/ [fo.raˈxe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: fo‧rra‧je‧ro

Adjective

forrajero (feminine forrajera, masculine plural forrajeros, feminine plural forrajeras)

1. (relational) forage; foraging

Derived terms

• maní forrajero

Further reading

• “forrajero”, 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