botones

/boˈtones/ · B2 · noun · mf

bellboy

🛎️ botones = buttons, after the rows of shiny buttons on a bellboy's uniform

Botón means button, and botones is its plural. The job got its name from the button-covered jackets hotel porters used to wear, so one bellboy is still el botones, with the s.

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