huaquero

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English

Etymology

Spanish huaquero

Noun

huaquero (plural huaqueros)

  1. A graverobber in parts of Latin America.
    • 1980, Luis Ramos-García, Cuentos de Austin, page 144:
      The huaqueros watched the plane circle and return to the north. Trucks picked up the soldiers on the highway. The sand remained scarred by their prints.

Spanish

Etymology

huaca +‎ -ero

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /w̝aˈkeɾo/ [w̝aˈke.ɾo]

Noun

huaquero m (plural huaqueros, feminine huaquera, feminine plural huaqueras)

  1. (Latin America) graverobber