pacotillero

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Spanish

Etymology

From pacotilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pakotiˈʝeɾo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /pakotiˈʎeɾo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pakotiˈʃeɾo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pakotiˈʒeɾo/

  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: pa‧co‧ti‧lle‧ro

Noun

pacotillero m (plural pacotilleros, feminine pacotillera, feminine plural pacotilleras)

  1. (derogatory, Latin America) junk dealer
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 281:
      Los comerciantes lo [este talismán] colocan bajo el umbral o sobre el dintel de la puenta de su tienda; los faltes (buhoneros), pacotilleros, zurupetos y demás mercachifles y corredores ambulantes y trashumantes, lo llevan en el bolsillo.
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    • 2017 January 19, “¿Malvados o estúpidos?”, in El Nacional:
      Se acusa el crecimiento de los pacotilleros de extrema derecha, pero no se indica con igual ímpetu a la mafia de la izquierda radical del Foro de Sao Paulo, heredera de la maldición castrista que viene destruyendo todo a su paso.
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