quincallero
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kinkaˈʝeɾo/ [kĩŋ.kaˈʝe.ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kinkaˈʎeɾo/ [kĩŋ.kaˈʎe.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kinkaˈʃeɾo/ [kĩŋ.kaˈʃe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kinkaˈʒeɾo/ [kĩŋ.kaˈʒe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: quin‧ca‧lle‧ro
Noun
quincallero m (plural quincalleros, feminine quincallera, feminine plural quincalleras)
- metal merchant, ironmonger
- Synonym: ferretero
Derived terms
Further reading
- “quincallero”, 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