cencerro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cencerro, from Basque zinzerri (“animal bell”).

Noun

cencerro (plural cencerros)

1. A cowbell.
   • 2015 August 6, Phil Harrison, “Thursday’s best TV”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Even so, the score calls for Thai gongs, African balaphone and Caribbean cencerros, among others.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque zintzarri (“animal bell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θenˈθero/ [θẽn̟ˈθe.ro]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /senˈsero/ [sẽnˈse.ro]
• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: cen‧ce‧rro

Noun

cencerro m (plural cencerros)

1. cowbell

   Coordinate term: esquila

Derived terms

• a cencerros tapados
• cencerrear

 

Further reading

• “cencerro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014