bullanguero

Spanish

Etymology

From bullanga +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /buʝanˈɡeɾo/ [bu.ʝãŋˈɡe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /buʝanˈɡeɾo/ [bu.ʝãŋˈɡe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /buʎanˈɡeɾo/ [bu.ʎãŋˈɡe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /buʃanˈɡeɾo/ [bu.ʃãŋˈɡe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /buʒanˈɡeɾo/ [bu.ʒãŋˈɡe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: bu‧llan‧gue‧ro

Adjective

bullanguero (feminine bullanguera, masculine plural bullangueros, feminine plural bullangueras)

1. lively, rowdy
   • 2015 December 31, “Una tierra intensa › Cuba › Granma - Órgano oficial del PCC”, in Granma‎^[1]:

     Porque Jamaica es un pueblo de contrastes, que al cubano puede darle no pocas veces la impresión de estar en el Santiago caliente y bullanguero.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

bullanguero m (plural bullangueros, feminine bullanguera, feminine plural bullangueras)

1. lively, rowdy person

   Synonym: alborotador

Further reading

• “bullanguero”, 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