bachatero

English

Etymology

From Spanish bachatero.

Noun

bachatero (plural bachateros)

  1. A singer of bachata music.
    • 2007 September 4, Michiko Kakutani, “Travails of an Outcast”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Oscar, Mr. Díaz’s homely homeboy hero, is “not one of those Dominican cats everybody’s always going on about — he wasn’t no home-run hitter or a fly bachatero, not a playboy” with a million hot girls on the line.

Spanish

Etymology

From bachata +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bat͡ʃaˈteɾo/ [ba.t͡ʃaˈt̪e.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: ba‧cha‧te‧ro

Noun

bachatero m (plural bachateros, feminine bachatera, feminine plural bachateras)

  1. bachatero

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