joyero

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish joya

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Spanish -ero

Spanish joyero

From joya + -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xoˈʝeɾo/ [xoˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): /xoˈʝeɾo/ [xoˈʝe.ɾo] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /xoˈʃeɾo/ [xoˈʃe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /xoˈʒeɾo/ [xoˈʒe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /xoˈeɾo/ [xoˈe.ɾo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: jo‧ye‧ro

Noun

joyero m (plural joyeros, feminine joyera, feminine plural joyeras)

1. jeweler (person whose job is making, repairing or selling jewelry)
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 277:

     Los joyeros, maestros en la explotación de los caprichos femeninos, saben también aprovecharse de las supersticiones de las mujeres.

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2. goldsmith (person who forges things out of gold, especially jewelry)

Noun

joyero m (plural joyeros)

1. jewelry casket, jewelry box (small box used to store jewelry)

Related terms

• joyería

Further reading

• “joyero”, 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