cancerbero
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kanθeɾˈbeɾo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kanseɾˈbeɾo/
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: can‧cer‧be‧ro
Noun
cancerbero m (plural cancerberos, feminine cancerbera, feminine plural cancerberas)
- (sports) goalkeeper, (UK) keeper, (US) goalie
- Synonyms: (Latin America) arquero, (Uruguay) golero, (Spain) portero, (journalistic and sports commentators usage) guardameta
- someone who guards a door; doorkeeper
- Synonym: portero
- 2015 October 29, “Regreso a la casa de Bernarda Alba”, in El País:
- Era un infierno mudo y frió en ese sol africano, sepultura de gente viva bajo una férula inflexible de cancerbero oscuro.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (mythology, folklore) hellhound
Further reading
- “cancerbero”, 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