"madero" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /maˈdeɾo/, [maˈð̞e.ɾo] Forms: maderos [plural]
Rhymes: -eɾo Etymology: From madera. Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} madero m (plural maderos)
  1. a piece of wood, a piece of timber Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-madero-es-noun-I5IASv4Z
  2. (Spain, derogatory) police officer, pig Tags: Spain, derogatory, masculine
    Sense id: en-madero-es-noun-GgIQ4GJW Categories (other): Peninsular Spanish, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 1 18 41
  3. (Spain, derogatory) clumsy person Tags: Spain, derogatory, masculine Categories (topical): Law enforcement, People Categories (lifeform): Woods
    Sense id: en-madero-es-noun-gdb8begO Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 2 29 68 Disambiguation of People: 0 14 86 Disambiguation of Woods: 17 25 59 Categories (other): Peninsular Spanish, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 1 18 41 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 29 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: picamaderos

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From madera.",
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    {
      "form": "maderos",
      "tags": [
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  ],
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            "Society",
            "Public administration",
            "Security",
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            "Government",
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            "Politics"
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      ],
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        "Spain",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈdeɾo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[maˈð̞e.ɾo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɾo"
    }
  ],
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    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  ],
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  ],
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        "a piece of wood, a piece of timber"
      ],
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        [
          "wood",
          "wood"
        ],
        [
          "timber",
          "timber"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
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        "police officer, pig"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "police officer",
          "police officer"
        ],
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          "pig",
          "pig"
        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        "Peninsular Spanish",
        "Spanish derogatory terms"
      ],
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        "clumsy person"
      ],
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          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
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          "clumsy",
          "clumsy"
        ]
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        "(Spain, derogatory) clumsy person"
      ],
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        "Spain",
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/maˈdeɾo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[maˈð̞e.ɾo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɾo"
    }
  ],
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}

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