tlapalero
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Classical Nahuatl tlapalli (“dye, ink, paint”) + -ero.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittlapalero m (plural tlapaleros, feminine tlapalera, feminine plural tlapaleras)
- hardware dealer, the owner or employee of a tlapalería (hardware store or paint store)
- Synonym: ferretero
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “tlapalero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014