bachiller

See also: Bachiller

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bachelier.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bat͡ʃiˈʝeɾ/ [ba.t͡ʃiˈʝeɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /bat͡ʃiˈʝeɾ/ [ba.t͡ʃiˈʝeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /bat͡ʃiˈʎeɾ/ [ba.t͡ʃiˈʎeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bat͡ʃiˈʃeɾ/ [ba.t͡ʃiˈʃeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bat͡ʃiˈʒeɾ/ [ba.t͡ʃiˈʒeɾ]

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ba‧chi‧ller

Noun

bachiller m (plural bachilleres, feminine bachiller or bachillera, feminine plural bachilleres or bachilleras)

1. bachelor (person with bachelor degree)

   Synonym: licenciado

2. graduate (person)

   Synonym: graduado

Noun

bachiller m (plural bachilleres)

1. bachelor (university degree)

   Synonyms: licenciatura, título de grado

2. graduate (school degree)

   Synonym: bachillerato

Descendants

• → Cebuano: batsilyer
• → Tagalog: batsilyer

Further reading

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