jardinero

/xaɾdiˈneɾo/ · B2 · noun · m

gardener

jardinero — gardener

🌱🧑‍🌾 jardinero = jardín (garden) + -ero (person who works with) → gardener

Spanish jardín means garden, and the suffix -ero marks a person tied to a job, like zapatero (shoemaker). In baseball, the outfielder is the jardinero because he covers the grassy outfield, the garden of the field.

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