novillero
English
Etymology
Noun
novillero (plural novilleros)
- (bullfighting) A young trainee bullfighter (who fights against novillos).
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nobiˈʝeɾo/ [no.β̞iˈʝe.ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /nobiˈʎeɾo/ [no.β̞iˈʎe.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /nobiˈʃeɾo/ [no.β̞iˈʃe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /nobiˈʒeɾo/ [no.β̞iˈʒe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: no‧vi‧lle‧ro
Noun
novillero m (plural novilleros, feminine novillera, feminine plural novilleras)
- (bullfighting) young trainee bullfighter (who fights against novillos)
- truant (one who is absent without permission, especially from school)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “novillero”, 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