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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bareˈteɾo/
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: ba‧rre‧te‧ro
Noun
barretero m (plural barreteros, feminine barretera, feminine plural barreteras)
- (mining) driller (who used a barrena)
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 184:El diez de agosto, día de San Lorenzo, no debe trabajar ningún minero, porque el que lo hace está expuesto a graves a graves accidentes: si es barretero, se quema con la pólvora del tiro; si apir (cargador) rueda con el capacho; etc.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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