cencerro
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cencerro, from Basque zinzerri (“animal bell”).
Noun
cencerro (plural cencerros)
- A cowbell.
- 2015 August 6, Phil Harrison, “Thursday’s best TV”, in The Guardian:
- Even so, the score calls for Thai gongs, African balaphone and Caribbean cencerros, among others.
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Basque zintzarri (“animal bell”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θenˈθero/ [θẽn̟ˈθe.ro]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /senˈsero/ [sẽnˈse.ro]
- Rhymes: -ero
- Syllabification: cen‧ce‧rro
Noun
cencerro m (plural cencerros)
- cowbell
- Coordinate term: esquila
Derived terms
- a cencerros tapados
- cencerrear
Further reading
- “cencerro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014