tobillero

Spanish

Etymology

From tobillo (“ankle”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /tobiˈʝeɾo/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʝe.ɾo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /tobiˈʎeɾo/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʎe.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /tobiˈʃeɾo/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʃe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /tobiˈʒeɾo/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʒe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: to‧bi‧lle‧ro

Adjective

tobillero (feminine tobillera, masculine plural tobilleros, feminine plural tobilleras)

  1. ankle-high

Noun

tobillero m (plural tobilleros)

  1. ankle sock
    • 2017 December 19, “Modas que seguirán el próximo 2018”, in La Prensa‎[1]:
      pierna y tobilleros.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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