patero
Spanish, noun/paˈteɾo/
patero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “duck hunter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does patero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineduck hunter
- 2
colloquialmasculineflatterer; adulator
adjective
- 1
colloquialflattering
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de una persona, que intenta ganar el favor de otra comportándose de forma zalamera y servil. 2. Dicho del vino, que se ha obtenido prensando la uva de forma casera, pisándola con los pies en lugar de con una prensa. 3. Por extensión, cualquier vino elaborado de forma doméstica o artesanal.
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 patero
- pateros plural
- patera feminine
- pateras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patero?
- /paˈteɾo/
- [paˈt̪e.ɾo]
- [paˈt̪eɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is patero in Spanish?
patero appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).