bracero
See also: Bracero
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bracero (“laborer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɹəˈsɪəɹəʊ/ (or as Spanish, below)
Noun
bracero (plural braceros)
- (historical) A Mexican national working as an agricultural laborer in the United States from 1942-1964, or similarly a railroad worker from 1942-1945.
Spanish
Etymology
brazo (“arm”) + -ero
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /bɾaˈθeɾo/ [bɾaˈθe.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /bɾaˈseɾo/ [bɾaˈse.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: bra‧ce‧ro
Noun
bracero m (plural braceros)
- labourer, farmhand, navvy
Derived terms
- ir de bracero
Further reading
- “bracero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014