aguacatero

Spanish

Etymology

From aguacate +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡwakaˈteɾo/ [a.ɣ̞wa.kaˈt̪e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: a‧gua‧ca‧te‧ro

Adjective

aguacatero (feminine aguacatera, masculine plural aguacateros, feminine plural aguacateras)

1. (relational) avocado
2. (El Salvador) mutt

   Ese perro es aguacatero.

   That dog is a mutt

   Mi perra aguacatera parió ayer.

   My mutt dog gave birth yesterday.

   • 2009, Mauricio Orellana Suárez, Ciudad de alado:

     Viaje de regreso. He ido a la oficina y de regreso había un perro aguacatero negro-parche-blanco-en-ojo-izquierdo acompañándolo a todos lados.

     Return trip. I went to the office and on the way back there was a black-with-a-white-patch-on-its-left-eye mutt following him all over.

3. (El Salvador, often derogatory) proper or pertaining to El Salvador, in opposition to foreign countries, and usually of lower quality, cheaper or unrefined.

Further reading

• “aguacatero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28