camillero
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kamiˈʝeɾo/ [ka.miˈʝe.ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kamiˈʎeɾo/ [ka.miˈʎe.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kamiˈʃeɾo/ [ka.miˈʃe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kamiˈʒeɾo/ [ka.miˈʒe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: ca‧mi‧lle‧ro
Noun
camillero m (plural camilleros, feminine camillera, feminine plural camilleras)
- an orderly; a hospital worker who performs non-medical patient care
- stretcher-bearer
Further reading
- “camillero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025