tobillero

Spanish

Etymology

From tobillo (“ankle”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tobiˈʝeɾo/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tobiˈʝeɾo/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /tobiˈʎeɾo/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tobiˈʃeɾo/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tobiˈʒeɾo/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: to‧bi‧lle‧ro

Adjective

tobillero (feminine tobillera, masculine plural tobilleros, feminine plural tobilleras)

1. ankle-high

Noun

tobillero m (plural tobilleros)

1. ankle sock
   • 2017 December 19, “Modas que seguirán el próximo 2018”, in La Prensa‎^[1]:

     pierna y tobilleros.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “tobillero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28