semillero

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Spanish

Etymology

From semilla +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /semiˈʝeɾo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /semiˈʎeɾo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /semiˈʃeɾo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /semiˈʒeɾo/

  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: se‧mi‧lle‧ro

Noun

semillero m (plural semilleros)

  1. seedbed
  2. (figurative) hotbed
    • 2015 September 25, “Peña Nieto a los padres de Iguala: “Busquemos juntos la verdad””, in El País‎:
      Sobre todo, entre los muros de la Escuela Normal Rural de Ayotzinapa, el gran semillero de la guerrilla, y fragua de su principal líder, Lucio Cabañas.
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    • 2022 July 11, Nuria Sánchez Madrid, “Lenguas de primera y de segunda”, in El País‎, retrieved 2022-07-14:
      En España hemos normalizado que la diversidad lingüística se resuelva en una lucha por la hegemonía. Sin embargo, este semillero de opresión social y política sigue sin encararse con madurez en la agenda política.
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  3. seedeater (member of genus Sporophila)

Noun

semillero m (plural semilleros, feminine semillera, feminine plural semilleras)

  1. seed harvester or trader

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