fontanero

Spanish

Etymology

From fontana +‎ -ero; cf. also Late Latin fontanārius. Compare Galician fontaneiro, French fontainier.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fontaˈneɾo/ [fõn̪.t̪aˈne.ɾo]
Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: fon‧ta‧ne‧ro

Noun

fontanero m (plural fontaneros, feminine fontanera, feminine plural fontaneras)

(Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras) plumber
Synonyms: plomero, gasfitero, tubero

Related terms

Further reading

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

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