el
masculine
/basuˈɾeɾo/
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Translation
refuse collector, rubbish dump
Word origin
From basura ('rubbish') plus the agent and place suffix -ero, which marks both the person who deals with something and the place where it collects.
- Origin
- Spanish
- Root
- basura
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralbasureros
Examples
.
The refuse collector comes to pick up the rubbish on Mondays.
escombros municipal.
They dumped the rubble at the municipal rubbish dump.
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The refuse collector gets up very early every day.
.
The city's old rubbish dump is already full.
Saludé .
I greeted the refuse collector from the window.
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