jardinero

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *gardô

Frankish *gardōbor.

Early Medieval Latin gardīnus

Old French gardin

Middle French jardin

French jardinbor.

Spanish jardín

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Spanish -ero

Spanish jardinero

From jardín + -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaɾdiˈneɾo/ [xaɾ.ð̞iˈne.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia); [haɾ.d̪iˈne.ɾo]:

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: jar‧di‧ne‧ro

Noun

jardinero m (plural jardineros, feminine jardinera, feminine plural jardineras)

1. gardener
2. (baseball) outfielder

   Synonym: guardabosques

Descendants

• → Tagalog: hardinero

Further reading

• “jardinero”, 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