ferrocarrilero
Spanish, noun/ferokariˈleɾo/
ferrocarrilero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “railwayman (man who works on a railway)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ferrocarrilero mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Latin-Americarailway
noun
- 1
Latin-Americamasculinerailwayman (man who works on a railway)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Ferroviario.
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 ferrocarrilero
- ferrocarrilera feminine
- ferrocarrileros masculine plural
- ferrocarrileras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferrocarrilero?
- /ferokariˈleɾo/
- [fe.ro.ka.riˈle.ɾo]
- [ferokariˈleɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ferrocarrilero in Spanish?
ferrocarrilero appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).