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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.

They dumped the rubble at the municipal rubbish dump.

The refuse collector gets up very early every day.

The city's old rubbish dump is already full.

I greeted the refuse collector from the window.

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This word is part of lesson 78.