metalero
Spanish, noun/metaˈleɾo/
metalero is spelled M-E-T-A-L-E-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 61,391st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Metalero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “headbanger, metalhead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Miembro de una subcultura nacida en el seno de la escena del heavy metal en los años 70, caracterizada por…”.
What does metalero mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculineheadbanger, metalhead
noun
- 1
masculineraremetalworker
adjective
- 1
metal
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 al heavy metal.
noun: 1. Miembro de una subcultura nacida en el seno de la escena del heavy metal en los años 70, caracterizada por valores y una estética muy distintiva, que es posible ver en la predominancia del color negro en el atuendo y el uso del cabello preferentemente largo.
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 metalero
- metaleros plural
- metalera feminine
- metaleras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce metalero?
- /metaˈleɾo/
- [me.t̪aˈle.ɾo]
- [met̪aˈleɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to metalero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is metalero in Spanish?
metalero appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).