huaquero

English

Etymology

Spanish huaquero

Noun

huaquero (plural huaqueros)

1. A graverobber in parts of Latin America.
   • 1980, Luis Ramos-García, Cuentos de Austin, page 144:

     The huaqueros watched the plane circle and return to the north. Trucks picked up the soldiers on the highway. The sand remained scarred by their prints.

Spanish

Etymology

From huaca +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w̝aˈkeɾo/ [w̝aˈke.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: hua‧que‧ro

Noun

huaquero m (plural huaqueros, feminine huaquera, feminine plural huaqueras)

1. (Latin America) graverobber

Related terms

• huaquear

 

Further reading

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