novillero

Spanish

Etymology

novillo +‎ -ero

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /nobiˈʝeɾo/ [no.β̞iˈʝe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /nobiˈʎeɾo/ [no.β̞iˈʎe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /nobiˈʃeɾo/ [no.β̞iˈʃe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /nobiˈʒeɾo/ [no.β̞iˈʒe.ɾo]

Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: no‧vi‧lle‧ro

Noun

novillero m (plural novilleros, feminine novillera, feminine plural novilleras)

(bullfighting) young trainee bullfighter (who fight against novillos)
truant (one who is absent without permission, especially from school)

Further reading

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

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