tonadillero
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tonadiˈʝeɾo/ [t̪o.na.ð̞iˈʝe.ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /tonadiˈʎeɾo/ [t̪o.na.ð̞iˈʎe.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /tonadiˈʃeɾo/ [t̪o.na.ð̞iˈʃe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /tonadiˈʒeɾo/ [t̪o.na.ð̞iˈʒe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: to‧na‧di‧lle‧ro
Noun
tonadillero m (plural tonadilleros, feminine tonadillera, feminine plural tonadilleras)
- someone who sings tonadillas
Further reading
- “tonadillero”, 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