pacotillero

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From pacotilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pakotiˈʝeɾo/ [pa.ko.t̪iˈʝe.ɾo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /pakotiˈʎeɾo/ [pa.ko.t̪iˈʎe.ɾo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pakotiˈʃeɾo/ [pa.ko.t̪iˈʃe.ɾo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pakotiˈʒeɾo/ [pa.ko.t̪iˈʒe.ɾo]

  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: pa‧co‧ti‧lle‧ro

Noun

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pacotillero m (plural pacotilleros, feminine pacotillera, feminine plural pacotilleras)

  1. (derogatory, Latin America) junk dealer
    • 2017 January 19, “¿Malvados o estúpidos?”, in El Nacional[1]:
      Se acusa el crecimiento de los pacotilleros de extrema derecha, pero no se indica con igual ímpetu a la mafia de la izquierda radical del Foro de Sao Paulo, heredera de la maldición castrista que viene destruyendo todo a su paso.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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