abacero
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic صاحب الزاد (ṣāḥib az-zād, “owner of the provisions”). Or, from haba (“broad bean”), one of the provisions first sold at this store.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /abaˈθeɾo/ [a.β̞aˈθe.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /abaˈseɾo/ [a.β̞aˈse.ɾo]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: a‧ba‧ce‧ro
Noun edit
abacero m (plural abaceros, feminine abacera, feminine plural abaceras)
- grocer
- Synonym: (Latin America) abarrotero
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “abacero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014