gallero
Spanish, noun[gaˈʝeɾo]
gallero is spelled G-A-L-L-E-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 145,755th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gallero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cockfighting enthusiast or participant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que organiza las peleas de gallos”.
What does gallero mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Latin-Americaenthusiastic about cockfighting
noun
- 1
Latin-Americamasculinecockfighting enthusiast or participant
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne a las peleas de gallos. 2. Que es aficionado a las peleas de gallos. 3. Dicho de una persona: que siempre busca errores en los demás para corregir. 4. Dicho de una persona: que suele cometer yerros.
noun: 1. Persona que organiza las peleas de gallos. 2. Jugador que apuesta en las peleas de gallos.
noun: 1. Edificio en donde se disputa una pelea de gallos.
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 gallero
- gallera feminine
- galleros masculine plural
- galleras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gallero?
- [gaˈʝeɾo]
- [gaˈʎeɾo]
- [gaˈʃeɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gallero in Spanish?
gallero appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).