martillero
Spanish
Etymology
From martillo (“hammer; gavel”) + -ero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɾtiˈʝeɾo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʝe.ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /maɾtiˈʎeɾo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʎe.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /maɾtiˈʃeɾo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʃe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /maɾtiˈʒeɾo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʒe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: mar‧ti‧lle‧ro
Noun
martillero m or f by sense (plural martilleros)
- (Peru, Bolivia, Southern Cone) auctioneer
- Synonym: subastador
Noun
martillero m (plural martilleros, feminine martillera, feminine plural martilleras)
- (Rioplatense) auctioneer
- Synonym: subastador
Further reading
- “martillero”, 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