Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cartonero

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: car-tonero
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person in Latin America who collects discarded waste, such as cardboard, to reuse or resell.

Example Sentences

"Tens of thousands of the unemployed scavenged the streets collecting cardboard, an enduring image that gave rise to the term “cartoneros.”"

Etymology

From Spanish cartonero.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: cartonero

Inflected Forms

cartoneros (plural)

Questions

What does cartonero mean?: A person in Latin America who collects discarded waste, such as cardboard, to reuse or resell.
Where does cartonero come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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