canalero
Spanish
editEtymology
editReferring to the Panama Canal: canal + -ero.
Adjective
editcanalero (feminine canalera, masculine plural canaleros, feminine plural canaleras)
- (Central America, exonym) Panamanian
Noun
editcanalero 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