basurero
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish basurero.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧su‧re‧ro
- IPA(key): /basuˈɾeɾo/
Noun
basurero
- garbage collector
Cebuano
Etymology
From basura + -ero.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧su‧re‧ro
- IPA(key): /basuˈɾeɾo/, [bʌ.s̪ʊˈɾ̪i.ɾ̪ʊ]
Noun
basurero (feminine basurera)
- a male garbage collector
Ibanag
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish basurero.
Noun
basurero
- garbage collector
Spanish
Etymology
From basura + -ero.
Noun
basurero m (plural basureros, feminine basurera, feminine plural basureras)
- dustman, garbage collector (worker who removes refuse)
Noun
basurero m (plural basureros)
- landfill, dump (place where waste or garbage is left)
- Synonyms: basural, vertedero
- (Chile, Costa Rica, Peru) dustbin, dust bin, garbage can
- Synonyms: (El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico) bote de basura, (Colombia) caneca de basura, (especially Cuba and Honduras) cesto de basura, (Cuba) latón de basura, (Venezuela) pipote de basura, (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) tacho de basura, (Panama) tinaco de basura, (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) zafacón
Related terms
- basura
Further reading
- “basurero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
From basura + -ero, ultimately from Spanish basurero.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧su‧re‧ro
- IPA(key): /basuˈɾeɾo/, [bɐ.sʊˈɾe.ɾo]
Noun
basurero (feminine basurera)
- garbage collector
- Synonyms: magbabasura, tagahakot-basura