valijero

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish valija

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

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 valijero

From valija + -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baliˈxeɾo/ [ba.liˈxe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: va‧li‧je‧ro

Noun

valijero m (plural valijeros, feminine valijera, feminine plural valijeras)

1. postman

   Synonym: cartero

Further reading

• “valijero”, 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