tálero

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, after Sankt Joachimsthal, the German city in which some of the earliest thalers were minted in 1518. Doublet of dólar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaleɾo/ [ˈt̪a.le.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aleɾo
• Syllabification: tá‧le‧ro

Noun

tálero m (plural táleros)

1. thaler (former unit of currency)

Further reading

• “tálero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16