palero
Spanish, noun/paˈleɾo/
palero is spelled P-A-L-E-R-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 106,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a vendor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El que fabrica o vende palas”.
What does palero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea vendor
- 2
masculinea gardener
- 3
masculinea stoker or shoveller (in the engine room)
- 4
masculinea cleaner
- 5
Mexicomasculineshill (accomplice of a con artist)
noun
- 1
masculinewild asparagus
- 2
masculinepigweed
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El que fabrica o vende palas 2. El que trabaja con pala 3. El que aparentando interés en un negocio, induce a otro a que entre en él
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 palero
- paleros plural
- palera feminine
- paleras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palero?
- /paˈleɾo/
- [paˈle.ɾo]
- [paˈleɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palero in Spanish?
palero appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).