letrero

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish letra

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Spanish -ero

Spanish letrero

From letra + -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈtɾeɾo/ [leˈt̪ɾe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: le‧tre‧ro

Noun

letrero m (plural letreros)

1. sign, signboard, signpost
   • 1962, Julio Cortázar, “Manual de instrucciones”, in Historia de cronopios y de famas:

     […] , la misma tristeza de las casas de enfrente, del sucio tablero de ventanas de tiempo con su letrero «Hotel de Belgique».

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Further reading

• “letrero”, 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