Polyglot Dictionary

fontanero

/fontaˈneɾo/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los fontaneros

Meaning

  1. plumber

    • El fontanero arregló el grifo.

      The plumber fixed the tap.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

plomero

fontanero and plomero are close synonyms for "plumber," a regional variant — fontanero more Spain, plomero more Latin America.

Similar in other languages

French

plombier

plombier is the French word for the same thing — both mean "plumber."

Portuguese

encanador

encanador is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "plumber."

Practice

1 What does fontanero mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ arregló el grifo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fontanero?

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