pelotillero

Spanish

Etymology

From pelotilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pelotiˈʝeɾo/ [pe.lo.t̪iˈʝe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /pelotiˈʎeɾo/ [pe.lo.t̪iˈʎe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pelotiˈʃeɾo/ [pe.lo.t̪iˈʃe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pelotiˈʒeɾo/ [pe.lo.t̪iˈʒe.ɾo]

Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: pe‧lo‧ti‧lle‧ro

Noun

pelotillero m (plural pelotilleros, feminine pelotillera, feminine plural pelotilleras)

sycophant; toady

Further reading

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

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