canalero
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Referring to the Panama Canal: canal + -ero.
Adjective edit
canalero (feminine canalera, masculine plural canaleros, feminine plural canaleras)
- (Central America, exonym) Panamanian
Noun edit
canalero m (plural canaleros, feminine canalera, feminine plural canaleras)
- (Central America, exonym) a Panamanian
- Synonym: panameño
Usage notes edit
- Unlike popular local nicknames for other Central American nationalities such as catracho (Honduran), nica (Nicaraguan) or tico (Costa Rican), canalero is not commonly used by Panamanians themselves in any context.
Further reading edit
- “canalero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014