carpintero

Borrowed from Spanish carpintero (“carpenter; woodpecker”). Doublet of carpenter.

carpintero (plural carpinteros)

1. The acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus, a woodpecker of southwestern North America, noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees.

• certoparin

Inherited from Spanish carpintero (“carpenter”).

• IPA^(key): /kaɾpinˈteɾo/, [kaɾ.pĩn̪ˈt̪e.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: car‧pin‧te‧ro

carpintero

1. carpenter

Inherited from Late Latin carpentārius (“carpenter”), from Latin carpentārius (“wagon-maker, carriage-maker”).

• IPA^(key): /kaɾpinˈteɾo/ [kaɾ.pĩn̪ˈt̪e.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: car‧pin‧te‧ro

carpintero m (plural carpinteros, feminine carpintera, feminine plural carpinteras)

1. carpenter
2. woodpecker

• → Cebuano: karpentero
• → Tagalog: karpintero

• “carpintero”, 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