arrocero

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Spanish

Etymology

From arroz (rice) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aroˈθeɾo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aroˈseɾo/
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: a‧rro‧ce‧ro

Adjective

arrocero (feminine arrocera, masculine plural arroceros, feminine plural arroceras)

  1. (relational) rice
    • 1995, Competitividad de la Produccion de Arroz, section 56:
      La agricultura arrocera de Viet Nam es altamente intensiva en mano de obra, mano de obra que es particularmente barata en el norte del país.
      Rice agriculture in Vietnam is highly labour-intensive, labour which is particularly cheap in the north of the country.
  2. (of a person) who likes to eat rice; rice-loving
    • 2000, Humberto Rodríguez Pastor, Herederos del dragón: historia de la comunidad China en el Perú, page 358:
      No es que con los chinos se inicia el consumo de arroz en la costa, pero sí se intensifica y su producción se amplía. Actualmente, todo buen costeño es arrocero.
      It is not that consumption of rice on the coast began with the Chinese, but it certainly was intensified and its production expanded. Nowadays, every good coast-dweller likes to eat rice.

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Noun

arrocero m (plural arroceros, feminine arrocera, feminine plural arroceras)

  1. rice farmer
    • 1991 October 18, Avances en la reforma institucional, politicas y organizacion del sector privado para participar en el proceso de apertura en America Latina y el Caribe. El caso de Colombia, section 47:
      Para los arroceros es claro que si se quiere aumentar la productividad, para competir en el mercado mundial, es necesario modernizar el sistema de comercialización.
      To the rice farmers it is clear that if it is desired to improve productivity in order to compete in the global market, it is necessary to modernize the marketing system.
  2. (slang, Venezuela) gatecrasher
    Synonyms: coleado, paracaidista
    • 2010 February 8, Pedro Camacho, “Diez personajes indispensables en la boda venezolana”, in Yo Soy Venezolano:
      Su aparición en público es rara, como los eclipses solares o las bodas venezolanas sin arroceros (más acerca de este punto un poco más adelante).
      His appearance in public is rare, like solar eclipses or Venezuelan weddings without gatecrashers (more on this a bit later).

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