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English
Etymology
From Spanish novillero.
Noun
novillero (plural novilleros)
- (bullfighting) A young trainee bullfighter (who fights against novillos).
Spanish
Etymology
From novillo + -ero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /nobiˈʝeɾo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /nobiˈʎeɾo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /nobiˈʃeɾo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /nobiˈʒeɾo/
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: no‧vi‧lle‧ro
Noun
novillero m (plural novilleros, feminine novillera, feminine plural novilleras)
- (bullfighting) young trainee bullfighter (who fights against novillos)
- truant (one who is absent without permission, especially from school)
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