quinceañero
Spanish
Etymology
quince años (“fifteen years”) + -ero
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kinθeaˈɲeɾo/ [kĩn̟.θe.aˈɲe.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kinseaˈɲeɾo/ [kĩn.se.aˈɲe.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: quin‧ce‧a‧ñe‧ro
Noun
quinceañero m (plural quinceañeros, feminine quinceañera, feminine plural quinceañeras)
- fifteen-year-old
- ¡Hoy, mi niño se ha vuelto un precioso quinceañero!
- Today, my boy has become a handsome fifteen-year-old!
- teen, teenager (in general)
Further reading
- “quinceañero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014