basurero

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basurero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basuˈɾeɾo/ [ba.suˈɾe.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: ba‧su‧re‧ro

Noun

basuréro (feminine basurera, Basahan spelling ᜊᜐᜓᜍᜒᜍᜓ)

1. garbage collector

Related terms

• basura

 

Cebuano

Etymology

From basura +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basuˈɾeɾo/ [bɐ.s̪ʊˈɾ̪i.ɾ̪o]
• Hyphenation: ba‧su‧re‧ro

Noun

basurero (feminine basurera, Badlit spelling ᜊᜐᜓᜇᜒᜇᜓ)

1. a male garbage collector

Ibanag

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basurero.

Noun

basurero

1. garbage collector

Pangasinan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basurero.

Noun

basurero

1. garbage collector

Spanish

Etymology

From basura +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basuˈɾeɾo/ [ba.suˈɾe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ba‧su‧re‧ro

Noun

basurero m (plural basureros, feminine basurera, feminine plural basureras)

1. dustman, garbage collector (worker who removes refuse)

Noun

basurero m (plural basureros)

1. landfill, dump (place where waste or garbage is left)

   Synonyms: basural, vertedero

2. (Chile, Costa Rica, Peru) dustbin, dust bin, garbage can

   Synonyms: (El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico) bote de basura, (Colombia) caneca de basura, (especially Cuba and Honduras) cesto de basura, (Cuba) latón de basura, (Venezuela) pipote de basura, (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) tacho de basura, (Panama) tinaco de basura, (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) zafacón

Related terms

• basura

 

Further reading

• “basurero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basurero. By surface analysis, basura +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /basuˈɾeɾo/ [bɐ.sʊˈɾɛː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ba‧su‧re‧ro

Noun

basurero (feminine basurera, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜓᜇᜒᜇᜓ)

1. garbage collector

   Synonyms: magbabasura, tagahakot-basura