butronero

Spanish

FWOTD – 15 August 2018

Etymology

From butrón +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /butɾoˈneɾo/ [bu.t̪ɾoˈne.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: bu‧tro‧ne‧ro

Noun

butronero m (plural butroneros, feminine butronera, feminine plural butroneras)

1. a thief who enters a building by means of making a hole in the wall
   • 2003, Juan Garayar, La estrategia de la sardina, Alberdania, →ISBN, page 317:

     Nada de ir de chorizo, carterista, butronero, robabolsos, atracador, mangapinzas, sableador, estafador, experto en quitar el bocadillo a los niños en la puerta de los colegios o en pegar timos a las ancianitas.

     No more being a thief, pickpocket, butronero, purse-nicker, robber, pin-nabber, scrounger, swindler, expert in swiping a sandwich from the children in the doorway of a school or in scamming the little old ladies.

Related terms

• buitre
• buitrón
• butrón

 

Further reading

• “butronero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28