bananero
Spanish, noun/banaˈneɾo/
bananero is spelled B-A-N-A-N-E-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 50,132nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bananero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “banana (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Musa acuminata, M. balbisiana, M. x paradisiaca) Planta de banano”.
What does bananero mean in English?
adjective
- 1
banana
noun
- 1
masculinebanana (plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Musa acuminata, M. balbisiana, M. x paradisiaca) Planta de banano. 2. Área donde se cultivan o crecen bananos.
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne al banano o al plátano. 2. Se dice del terreno que está cultivado de banano o plátano. 3. Se dice del país o región cuya economía se basa en la exportación de banano o plátano (república bananera) y, por extensión, de países poco industrializados, especialmente en Latinoamérica. 4. Perteneciente o relativo a inestabilidad política, pobreza, corrupción, ilegalidad y dictadura propias de una república bananera.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bananero
- bananera feminine
- bananeros masculine plural
- bananeras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bananero?
- /banaˈneɾo/
- [ba.naˈne.ɾo]
- [banaˈneɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bananero in Spanish?
bananero appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).