canalero

Spanish

Etymology

Referring to the Panama Canal: canal + -ero.

Adjective

canalero (feminine canalera, masculine plural canaleros, feminine plural canaleras)

(Central America, exonym) Panamanian

Noun

canalero m (plural canaleros, feminine canalera, feminine plural canaleras)

(Central America, exonym) a Panamanian
Synonym: panameño

Usage notes

Unlike popular local nicknames for other Central American nationalities such as catracho (Honduran), nica (Nicaraguan) or tico (Costa Rican), canalero is not commonly used by Panamanians themselves in any context.

Further reading

“canalero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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