carrilero

Spanish

Etymology

From carril +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kariˈleɾo/ [ka.riˈle.ɾo]
Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: ca‧rri‧le‧ro

Noun

carrilero m (plural carrileros, feminine carrilera, feminine plural carrileras)

(soccer) wingback (a player who doubles as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking)
- 2015 July 27, “La Copa de Andrés Guardado”, in El País‎:
  Fue un golazo que abrió el marcador y demostró la valía del carrilero del PSV, que convertía su sexto tanto en el torneo.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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

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