tortillero
Spanish, noun/toɾtiˈʝeɾo/
tortillero is spelled T-O-R-T-I-L-L-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). Tortillero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a round dish used to store tortillas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recipiente empleado para guardar tortillas, usualmente diseñado para conservarlas calientes”.
What does tortillero mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tortilla
noun
- 1
masculinea round dish used to store tortillas
noun
- 1
Latin-Americamasculinetortilla seller; tortilla maker
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Recipiente empleado para guardar tortillas, usualmente diseñado para conservarlas calientes.
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne a la tortilla 2. Persona que se dedica a la elaboración o comercialización de tortillas.
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 tortillero
- tortillera feminine
- tortilleros masculine plural
- tortilleras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tortillero?
- /toɾtiˈʝeɾo/
- [t̪oɾ.t̪iˈʝe.ɾo]
- [t̪oɾt̪iˈʝeɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tortillero in Spanish?
tortillero 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).