mataburro

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mataˈburo/ [ma.t̪aˈβ̞u.ro]
• Rhymes: -uro
• Syllabification: ma‧ta‧bu‧rro

Noun

mataburro m (plural mataburros) (colloquial)

1. (Nicaragua, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Honduras, El Salvador, Uruguay) Synonym of mataburros (dictionary)
2. (Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia) Synonym of mataburros (grille guard, bumper guard)
3. (Paraguay) Synonym of mataburros (cattle grid)

Further reading

• “mataburro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “mataburro” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010