yesquero
Spanish
Etymology
yesca (“tinder”) + -ero. Compare Portuguese isqueiro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝesˈkeɾo/ [ɟ͡ʝesˈke.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃesˈkeɾo/ [ʃesˈke.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒesˈkeɾo/ [ʒesˈke.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: yes‧que‧ro
Noun
yesquero m (plural yesqueros)
- tinderbox
- (Latin America) lighter
- Synonym: mechero
Further reading
- “yesquero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014