franelero
Spanish, noun[fɾaneˈleɾo]
franelero is spelled F-R-A-N-E-L-E-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Spanish, the 254,909th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Franelero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sweet-talker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que informalmente administra una sección del lugar para estacionamiento en la vía pública para…”.
What does franelero mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sweettalking
noun
- 1
masculinesweet-talker
- 2
Mexicomasculinecar park attendant (especially, an illegal one)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que informalmente administra una sección del lugar para estacionamiento en la vía pública para "cuidar" los automóviles y pide propina o exige un pago para que uno pueda estacionar.
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 franelero
- franelera feminine
- franeleros masculine plural
- franeleras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce franelero?
- [fɾaneˈleɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is franelero in Spanish?
franelero appears about once in every 52 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).