perrero
Spanish, noun[peˈreɾo]
perrero is spelled P-E-R-R-E-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 144,191st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perrero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dogcatcher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El que en las Iglesias catedrales tiene cuidado de echar fuera de ellas los perros”.
What does perrero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedogcatcher
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El que en las Iglesias catedrales tiene cuidado de echar fuera de ellas los perros. 2. El que cuida o tiene a su cargo los perros de caza. 3. El que es muy aficionado a tener o criar perros. 4. Persona que por oficio atrapa los perros callejeros o abandonados.
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 perrero
- perreros plural
- perrera feminine
- perreras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perrero?
- [peˈreɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perrero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perrero in Spanish?
perrero 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).