aceitera

Asturian

Etymology

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Noun

aceitera f (plural aceiteres)

1. dragonfly (an insect of the suborder Anisoptera)
2. oil bowl
3. oilcan

Synonyms

(dragonfly):

• cortanarices, cortañarices

Related terms

• aceite

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθeiˈteɾa/ [a.θei̯ˈt̪e.ɾa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aseiˈteɾa/ [a.sei̯ˈt̪e.ɾa] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Argentina):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: a‧cei‧te‧ra

Noun

aceitera f (plural aceiteras)

1. oilcan
2. female equivalent of aceitero

Adjective

aceitera f

1. feminine singular of aceitero

Further reading

• “aceitero”, 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