tobillero

Spanish

Etymology

From tobillo (“ankle”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tobiˈʝeɾo/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʝe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /tobiˈʎeɾo/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʎe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tobiˈʃeɾo/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʃe.ɾo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tobiˈʒeɾo/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʒe.ɾo]

Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: to‧bi‧lle‧ro

Adjective

tobillero (feminine tobillera, masculine plural tobilleros, feminine plural tobilleras)

ankle-high

Noun

tobillero m (plural tobilleros)

ankle sock
- 2017 December 19, “Modas que seguirán el próximo 2018”, in La Prensa‎:
  pierna y tobilleros.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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

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