consejero

/konseˈxeɾo/ · B1 · noun · m

adviser

consejero — adviser

consejo (advice) + -ero (person who does it) = adviser

Consejo comes from Latin consilium, the same root as English counsel. The suffix -ero marks a person tied to a thing, as in zapatero (shoemaker). So consejero literally means advice-person, a counsellor.

More Spanish words · How Spanish works