platanero

Spanish

Etymology

From plátano +‎ -ero.

Adjective

platanero (feminine platanera, masculine plural plataneros, feminine plural plataneras)

1. (relational) banana

Noun

platanero m (plural plataneros, feminine platanera, feminine plural plataneras)

1. banana grower
   • 2015 July 5, “Y la vida pasa a toda velocidad”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Tener o no riachuelo, pinos en lugar de plataneros o hierba como alternativa al cemento.

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2. bananquit (Coereba flaveola)

Further reading

• “platanero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16