organillero

Spanish

Etymology

From organillo +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oɾɡaniˈʝeɾo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞a.niˈʝe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /oɾɡaniˈʎeɾo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞a.niˈʎe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɾɡaniˈʃeɾo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞a.niˈʃe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɾɡaniˈʒeɾo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞a.niˈʒe.ɾo]

Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: or‧ga‧ni‧lle‧ro

Noun

organillero m (plural organilleros, feminine organillera, feminine plural organilleras)

organ grinder
- 2015 November 21, “Ratas sabias”, in El País‎:
  En aquellos tiempos, los juegos con ratas eran habituales en calles y plazas, junto a charlatanes, tiovivos, organilleros, circos acrobáticos e hípicos, extravagancias y deformidades.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“organillero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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