champero
Spanish
Etymology
From champa + -ero (“hovel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃamˈpeɾo/ [t͡ʃãmˈpe.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: cham‧pe‧ro
Noun
champero m (plural champeros, feminine champera, feminine plural champeras)
- (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador, of a person) living or working in a shovel
Further reading
- “champero”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010