cuadrillero

Spanish

Etymology

From cuadrilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwadɾiˈʝeɾo/ [kwa.ð̞ɾiˈʝe.ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kwadɾiˈʎeɾo/ [kwa.ð̞ɾiˈʎe.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /kwadɾiˈʃeɾo/ [kwa.ð̞ɾiˈʃe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kwadɾiˈʒeɾo/ [kwa.ð̞ɾiˈʒe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: cua‧dri‧lle‧ro

Noun

cuadrillero m (plural cuadrilleros, feminine cuadrillera, feminine plural cuadrilleras)

worker in a team
gangleader

Further reading

“cuadrillero”, 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