arquero

From Late Latin arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”).

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈkeɾo/

arquero m (plural arqueros)

1. archer
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 32v:

     […] ⁊ alcaçáron los phẏliſteos a ſaul. E mataró le .iij. fijos e aionata ⁊ amẏnadab e melchẏſſue cóſiguẏeron los arq́ros a ſaul e fue el mal có ellos […]

     […] And the Philistines overtook Saul and killed his three sons, Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua. The archers found Saul and he fared not well with them. […]

   • Idem, f. 42r.

     fueró ala batalla a ramot galaad. e demudos el Rey de ſus armas. e entros ala batalla. e tirol .j. arq́ro. e firiol entrela loriga elas brafoneras.

     And they went up to the battle at Remoth Gilead. And the king disguised his armor and went into battle. And an archer shot him and wounded him between the cuirass and arm braces.

• arco

• Spanish: arquero

Inherited from Old Spanish arquero, possibly corresponding to Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Analyzable as arco (“bow”) +‎ -ero. Sense "goalkeeper" derived from arco (“goal”) +‎ -ero

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈkeɾo/ [aɾˈke.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ar‧que‧ro

arquero m (plural arqueros, feminine arquera, feminine plural arqueras)

1. archer

   Synonym: asaeteador

2. (sports, Latin America) goalkeeper

   Synonym: portero

• “arquero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28