yesquero
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From yesca (“tinder”) + -ero. Compare Portuguese isqueiro.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: yes‧que‧ro
Noun
[edit]yesquero m (plural yesqueros)
- tinderbox
- (Latin America) lighter
- Synonym: mechero
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “yesquero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014