pertiguero
Spanish, noun[peɾt̪iˈɣ̞eɾo]
pertiguero is spelled P-E-R-T-I-G-U-E-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 182,048th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pertiguero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “verger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que porta un varal de plata en la procesión del Corpus en Toledo. Mediante unos pausados golpes que…”.
What does pertiguero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineverger
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que porta un varal de plata en la procesión del Corpus en Toledo. Mediante unos pausados golpes que da en el suelo con la vara anuncia la llegada del Santísimo Sacramento que viene unos pasos más atrás.
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 pertiguero
- pertigueros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pertiguero?
- [peɾt̪iˈɣ̞eɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pertiguero in Spanish?
pertiguero appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).