zalamero

From obsolete zalama, from Andalusian Arabic السلام عليكم (as-salám ʕalík), from Arabic السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُم (as-salāmu ʕalaykum, “peace be with you; hello”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θalaˈmeɾo/ [θa.laˈme.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /salaˈmeɾo/ [sa.laˈme.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: za‧la‧me‧ro

zalamero m (plural zalameros, feminine zalamera, feminine plural zalameras)

1. flatterer, sweet talker, wheedler

zalamero (feminine zalamera, masculine plural zalameros, feminine plural zalameras)

1. smarmy, flattering, fawning, wheedling

• “zalamero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16