martillero
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From martillo (“hammer; gavel”) + -ero.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maɾtiˈʝeɾo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʝe.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /maɾtiˈʎeɾo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʎe.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾtiˈʃeɾo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʃe.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾtiˈʒeɾo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʒe.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: mar‧ti‧lle‧ro
Noun
[edit]martillero m (plural martilleros, feminine martillera, feminine plural martilleras)
- (Argentina, Chile) auctioneer
- Synonym: subastador
Further reading
[edit]- “martillero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014