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montañero

Spanish, noun/montaˈɲeɾo/

montañero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mountaineer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Guarda de monte o dehesa”.

What does montañero mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    mountain

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemountaineer

  2. 2

    masculinebumpkin, churl, boor, yokel

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Guarda de monte o dehesa.

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 montañero

  • montañera feminine
  • montañeros masculine plural
  • montañeras feminine plural
  • montaneros plural

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

How do you pronounce montañero?

  • /montaˈɲeɾo/
  • [mõn̪.t̪aˈɲe.ɾo]
  • [mõn̪t̪aˈneɾo]

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

English words that translate to montañero

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is montañero in Spanish?

montañero appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.

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