canalero
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Referring to the Panama Canal: canal + -ero.
Adjective[edit]
canalero (feminine canalera, masculine plural canaleros, feminine plural canaleras)
- (Central America, exonym) Panamanian
Noun[edit]
canalero m (plural canaleros, feminine canalera, feminine plural canaleras)
- (Central America, exonym) a Panamanian
- Synonym: panameño
Usage notes[edit]
- 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[edit]
- “canalero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014