tortillero

Spanish

Etymology

From tortilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /toɾtiˈʝeɾo/ [t̪oɾ.t̪iˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toɾtiˈʝeɾo/ [t̪oɾ.t̪iˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /toɾtiˈʎeɾo/ [t̪oɾ.t̪iˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toɾtiˈʃeɾo/ [t̪oɾ.t̪iˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toɾtiˈʒeɾo/ [t̪oɾ.t̪iˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: tor‧ti‧lle‧ro

Adjective

tortillero (feminine tortillera, masculine plural tortilleros, feminine plural tortilleras)

1. (relational) tortilla

Noun

tortillero m (plural tortilleros)

1. a round dish used to store tortillas

Noun

tortillero m (plural tortilleros, feminine tortillera, feminine plural tortilleras)

1. (Latin America) tortilla seller; tortilla maker

Further reading

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