pandillero

Spanish

Etymology

From pandilla (“gang”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pandiˈʝeɾo/ [pãn̪.d̪iˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pandiˈʝeɾo/ [pãn̪.d̪iˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /pandiˈʎeɾo/ [pãn̪.d̪iˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pandiˈʃeɾo/ [pãn̪.d̪iˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pandiˈʒeɾo/ [pãn̪.d̪iˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pan‧di‧lle‧ro

Noun

pandillero m (plural pandilleros, feminine pandillera, feminine plural pandilleras)

1. gangster, gang member

   Synonyms: gángster, marero

   • 2016 July, “El problema de las pandillas”, in El Deber Bolivia‎^[1], archived from the original on 2016-07-25:

     La víctima fue otro pandillero, seis años mayor que él, tras una violenta gresca que derivó en el hecho de sangre.

     The victim was another gang member, six years his senior, after a violent brawl that led to the bloody event.

Further reading

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