sillero

Spanish

Etymology

From silla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siˈʝeɾo/ [siˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): /siˈʝeɾo/ [siˈʝe.ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /siˈʎeɾo/ [siˈʎe.ɾo] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /siˈʃeɾo/ [siˈʃe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /siˈʒeɾo/ [siˈʒe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: si‧lle‧ro

Noun

sillero m (plural silleros, feminine sillera, feminine plural silleras)

1. saddler (someone who makes, repairs and sells saddles, harnesses etc)

   Synonyms: adobasillas, guarnicionero

Related terms

• sillería

Further reading

• “sillero”, 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
• “sillero”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010