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banderillo

banderillo is the alternative spelling of banderillero.

Meaning of banderillero

Noun

banderillero (plural banderilleros)

  1. A member of the cuadrilla who uses banderillas.
    • I cheered at the banderilleros’ display / as they stuck the bull in their own clever way[…]1959, “In Old Mexico”, Tom Lehrer (music)

Forms of banderillo

pluralbanderillos

Origin of banderillo

From Spanish.

Questions about banderillo

What is banderillo the alternative spelling of?
Banderillo is the alternative spelling of banderillero.

Words near banderillo in the dictionary

  1. Banderas
  2. banderilla
  3. banderillas
  4. banderillero
  5. banderilleros
  6. banderillo
  7. banderillos
  8. Banderism
  9. Banderist
  10. Banderists
  11. banderita

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Adapted from Wiktionary: banderillo (page history and authors); banderillero (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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