basurero

Cebuano

Etymology

From basura +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basuˈɾeɾo/ [ba.suˈɾeː.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: ba‧su‧re‧ro

Noun

basurero (feminine basurera, Badlit spelling ᜊᜐᜓᜇᜒᜇᜓ)

1. a male garbage collector

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basurero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basuˈɾeɾo/ [ba.suˈɾe.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: ba‧su‧re‧ro

Noun

basuréro (feminine basurera, Basahan spelling ᜊᜐᜓᜍᜒᜍᜓ)

1. garbage collector

Related terms

• basura

Ibanag

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basurero.

Noun

basurero

1. garbage collector

Pangasinan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basurero.

Noun

basurero

1. garbage collector

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wers-der.

Latin verrō

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Vulgar Latin *versūra

Old Spanish vassura

Spanish basura

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Spanish -ero

Spanish basurero

From basura + -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basuˈɾeɾo/ [ba.suˈɾe.ɾo]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ba‧su‧re‧ro

Noun

basurero m (plural basureros, feminine basurera, feminine plural basureras)

1. dustman, garbage collector (worker who removes refuse)

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: basurero
• → Ibanag: basurero
• → Pangasinan: basurero
• → Tagalog: basurero

Noun

basurero m (plural basureros)

1. landfill, dump (place where waste or garbage is left)

   Synonyms: basural, vertedero

2. (Chile, Costa Rica, Peru) dustbin, dust bin, garbage can

   Synonyms: (El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico) bote de basura, (Colombia) caneca de basura, (especially Cuba and Honduras) cesto de basura, (Cuba) latón de basura, (Venezuela) pipote de basura, (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) tacho de basura, (Panama) tinaco de basura, (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) zafacón

Related terms

• basura

Further reading

• “basurero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wers-der.

Latin verrō

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Vulgar Latin *versūra

Old Spanish vassura

Spanish basura

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Spanish -ero

Spanish basurerobor.

Tagalog basurero

Borrowed from Spanish basurero. By surface analysis, basura + -ero.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /basuˈɾeɾo/ [bɐ.sʊˈɾɛː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ba‧su‧re‧ro

Noun

basurero (feminine basurera, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜓᜇᜒᜇᜓ)

1. garbage collector

   Synonyms: magbabasura, tagahakot-basura