yesquero

Spanish

Etymology

From yesca (“tinder”) +‎ -ero. Compare Portuguese isqueiro.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝesˈkeɾo/ [ɟ͡ʝesˈke.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝesˈkeɾo/ [ɟ͡ʝesˈke.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃesˈkeɾo/ [ʃesˈke.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒesˈkeɾo/ [ʒesˈke.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: yes‧que‧ro

Noun

yesquero m (plural yesqueros)

1. tinderbox
2. (Latin America) lighter

   Synonym: mechero

Derived terms

• cardo yesquero
• yesquero del abedul

 

Further reading

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