bracero
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bracero (“laborer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bracero (plural braceros)
- (historical) A Mexican national working as an agricultural laborer in the United States from 1942-1964, or similarly a railroad worker from 1942-1945.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /bɾaˈθeɾo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bɾaˈseɾo/
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: bra‧ce‧ro
Noun
bracero m (plural braceros)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bracero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10