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cocalero

Spanish, noun/kokaˈleɾo/

cocalero is spelled C-O-C-A-L-E-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 117,287th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cocalero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cocalero (grower of coca leaves in Peru or Bolivia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does cocalero mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    coca (plant)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecocalero (grower of coca leaves in Peru or Bolivia)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relacionado con el cultivo de coca. Persona que se dedica a ello. 2. Relacionado con los cocales (tierra dedicada al cultivo o cría de coca).

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 cocalero

  • cocalera feminine
  • cocaleros masculine plural
  • cocaleras feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cocalero?

  • /kokaˈleɾo/
  • [ko.kaˈle.ɾo]
  • [kokaˈleɾo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is cocalero in Spanish?

cocalero appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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