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A close link with the home, from things made there to people connected with a house, with further regional uses built on familiarity.

Examples

  • Este jabón casero no contiene perfume.
    This homemade soap contains no perfume.
  • Mi hermano es muy casero y rara vez sale de noche.
    My brother is a real homebody and rarely goes out at night.
  • La casera aceptó renovar el contrato por otro año.
    The landlady agreed to renew the lease for another year.
  • No conectes ese cargador casero a la corriente.
    Do not plug that homemade charger into the mains.
  • Los frutales caseros rodeaban la vivienda.
    The cultivated fruit trees surrounded the house.

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caserito
administrador
tahúr
pareja
habitante
natural
coime
arrendador
cultivado
cliente habitual

Meanings

Made or raised at home

adjective
home
neutral
Made, prepared, raised, or intended for use at home rather than produced on an industrial scale.

Examples

  • Mi abuela prepara un pan casero cada domingo.
    My grandmother makes homemade bread every Sunday.
  • Compramos huevos caseros en la granja vecina.
    We buy home-produced eggs at the neighboring farm.
  • La salsa casera lleva tomate, ajo y aceite.
    The homemade sauce contains tomato, garlic, and oil.
  • Este jabón casero no contiene perfume.
    This homemade soap contains no perfume.
  • El servicio casero de internet basta para una familia.
    The home internet service is enough for a family.

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Made with simple means

adjective
technology
neutral
Put together with basic materials or improvised methods instead of specialist equipment.

Examples

  • Construyeron un filtro casero con arena y carbón.
    They built a makeshift filter with sand and charcoal.
  • La antena casera mejoró un poco la señal.
    The homemade antenna improved the signal a little.
  • No conectes ese cargador casero a la corriente.
    Do not plug that homemade charger into the mains.
  • Usó una prensa casera para secar las flores.
    She used a makeshift press to dry the flowers.
  • El técnico sustituyó el arreglo casero por una pieza segura.
    The technician replaced the makeshift repair with a safe part.

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Private and informal

adjective
social
neutral
Held at home among trusted people, with little ceremony or display.

Examples

  • Organizamos una cena casera para despedir el año.
    We organized a low-key dinner at home to see out the year.
  • Fue una ceremonia casera, sin discursos ni fotógrafos.
    It was an informal ceremony, with no speeches or photographers.
  • El grupo ofreció una función casera para sus amigos.
    The group gave a private performance for their friends.
  • Prefiero una celebración casera a una fiesta enorme.
    I prefer a celebration at home to a huge party.
  • La reunión casera terminó con todos cantando en la cocina.
    The informal gathering at home ended with everyone singing in the kitchen.

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Practical folk knowledge

adjective
health
informal
Based on everyday experience rather than formal science, especially a simple remedy that may still work.

Examples

  • Probó un remedio casero para aliviar la tos.
    He tried a home remedy to ease his cough.
  • Ese truco casero quita las manchas de café.
    That household trick removes coffee stains.
  • La médica preguntó qué tratamientos caseros había usado.
    The doctor asked what home treatments she had used.
  • El consejo casero funcionó, aunque nadie sabía explicar por qué.
    The folk remedy worked, although nobody could explain why.
  • No sustituyas la atención urgente por una cura casera.
    Do not replace urgent care with a home cure.

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Fond of staying home

adjective
personality
informal
Fond of spending time at home and careful about running the household and its expenses.

Examples

  • Mi hermano es muy casero y rara vez sale de noche.
    My brother is a real homebody and rarely goes out at night.
  • Desde que trabaja a distancia se ha vuelto más casera.
    Since she began working remotely, she has become more home-loving.
  • Somos caseros y disfrutamos cocinando juntos.
    We are homebodies and enjoy cooking together.
  • Aunque parece casero, también le encanta viajar.
    Although he seems home-loving, he also loves traveling.
  • Su carácter casero la ayuda a llevar bien las cuentas del hogar.
    Her domestic nature helps her manage the household budget well.

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Biased toward the home team

adjective
sport
neutral
Favoring the team playing at home, especially through unfair decisions by a referee or judge.

Examples

  • La prensa acusó al árbitro de ser demasiado casero.
    The press accused the referee of being too biased toward the home team.
  • Un arbitraje casero cambió el rumbo del partido.
    Home-biased officiating changed the course of the match.
  • Los visitantes protestaron por varias decisiones caseras.
    The visitors protested against several home-biased decisions.
  • El comité negó que el juez hubiera sido casero.
    The committee denied that the judge had been home-biased.
  • La afición local celebró un penalti que pareció muy casero.
    The home crowd celebrated a penalty that looked very home-biased.

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Cultivated rather than wild

adjective
agriculture
archaic
Cultivated by people rather than growing wild, an old use applied especially to trees.

Examples

  • El tratado distingue el olivo casero del que crece silvestre.
    The treatise distinguishes the cultivated olive tree from the one that grows wild.
  • En ese texto antiguo, un árbol casero es un árbol cultivado.
    In that old text, a cultivated tree is one grown by people.
  • Los frutales caseros rodeaban la vivienda.
    The cultivated fruit trees surrounded the house.
  • El autor comparó las especies caseras con las del monte.
    The author compared cultivated species with those from the hills.
  • Hoy casi nadie usa casero con este sentido agrícola.
    Today hardly anyone uses cultivated in this old Spanish sense.

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Landlord or house manager

noun
housing
neutral
The owner who rents out a home, or the person who manages or looks after it for the owner.

Examples

  • La casera llamó para preguntar por la fuga de agua.
    The landlady called to ask about the water leak.
  • Pagamos el alquiler al casero el primer día del mes.
    We pay the landlord the rent on the first day of the month.
  • El casero vive abajo y cuida el edificio cuando el dueño viaja.
    The property manager lives downstairs and looks after the building when the owner travels.
  • La casera aceptó renovar el contrato por otro año.
    The landlady agreed to renew the lease for another year.
  • Avisé al casero de que la calefacción no funcionaba.
    I told the landlord that the heating was not working.

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Tenant or farm renter

noun
housing
archaic
A person who rents a home or farmland, now uncommon outside some traditional uses.

Examples

  • El documento antiguo llama casero al inquilino de la vivienda.
    The old document calls the tenant of the home a renter.
  • Cada casero cultivaba una parte de las tierras arrendadas.
    Each farm tenant cultivated part of the leased land.
  • Los caseros pagaban la renta después de la cosecha.
    The tenants paid the rent after the harvest.
  • En la escritura, la casera figura como arrendataria de la finca.
    In the deed, the tenant is listed as the leaseholder of the farm.
  • Este uso de casero por inquilino resulta antiguo hoy.
    This use meaning tenant sounds old today.

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Regular customer or seller

noun
commerce
informal
In parts of the Andes, a regular customer, seller, or visitor viewed through an ongoing familiar relationship.

Examples

  • La vendedora guardó los mejores mangos para su casera.
    The seller saved the best mangoes for her regular customer.
  • Pase, casero, hoy tengo papas recién cosechadas.
    Come in, regular, I have freshly harvested potatoes today.
  • Compro aquí cada semana y ya soy casero del puesto.
    I shop here every week and I am already a regular customer at the stall.
  • Mi casera del mercado siempre me avisa cuando llega pescado fresco.
    My regular seller at the market always tells me when fresh fish arrives.
  • En Perú, casero puede nombrar tanto al cliente habitual como al vendedor de confianza.
    In Peru, casero can mean either a regular customer or a trusted seller.

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Lover

noun
relationships
slang
In Guatemala and Honduras, a person's lover or sexual partner, often implying a relationship outside marriage.

Examples

  • En el rumor lo señalaron como el casero de una mujer casada.
    In the rumor he was identified as the lover of a married woman.
  • Ella negó que aquel hombre fuera su casero.
    She denied that the man was her lover.
  • Llamarlo casero delante de la familia sonó ofensivo.
    Calling him her affair partner in front of the family sounded offensive.
  • La novela hondureña presenta al casero como un amante secreto.
    The Honduran novel presents the lover as a secret partner.
  • En Guatemala, casera puede aludir de forma vulgar a una amante.
    In Guatemala, the word can refer vulgarly to a female lover.

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Gambling-house operator

noun
gambling
informal
In Honduras and El Salvador, the person who runs a gambling house, handles its dice, or lends money to its players.

Examples

  • El casero tiró los dados y cobró la parte de la casa.
    The house dealer threw the dice and collected the house's share.
  • En aquel garito, el casero también prestaba dinero a los jugadores.
    In that gambling den, the operator also lent money to the players.
  • La policía detuvo al casero que administraba las apuestas.
    The police arrested the gambling-house operator who managed the bets.
  • El jugador discutió con el casero por el pago del premio.
    The player argued with the house dealer about payment of the prize.
  • En Honduras, este casero no alquila viviendas, sino que trabaja en un garito.
    In Honduras, this operator does not rent homes but works in a gambling den.

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Inhabitant

noun
society
archaic
A person who lives in a place, an old noun sense now replaced by more common words.

Examples

  • La crónica llama caseros a los habitantes del valle.
    The chronicle calls the inhabitants of the valley residents.
  • Cada casero debía ayudar a reparar el camino.
    Each inhabitant had to help repair the road.
  • Los antiguos caseros vivían cerca del río.
    The former residents lived near the river.
  • El padrón enumeraba a todos los caseros de la aldea.
    The register listed all the inhabitants of the village.
  • Como sinónimo de habitante, casero es hoy una voz en desuso.
    As a synonym for inhabitant, casero is now obsolete.

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Hornero bird

noun
animals
neutral
In northern Argentina, a hornero, the mud-nesting bird also called caserito.

Examples

  • Un casero construyó su nido de barro junto al galpón.
    A hornero built its mud nest beside the shed.
  • En el norte argentino llaman casero al hornero.
    In northern Argentina, the hornero is called a casero.
  • El canto del casero se oyó al amanecer.
    The hornero's song was heard at dawn.
  • La pareja de caseros terminó el nido después de la lluvia.
    The pair of horneros finished the nest after the rain.
  • El guía señaló un casero sobre el poste.
    The guide pointed out a hornero on the post.

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Etymology

Formed from Spanish casa, 'house' or 'home', and the suffix -ero, which often marks a relationship with a thing or place.

FAQ

What does casero usually mean?

As an adjective, casero usually means homemade, home-produced, or connected with the home. As a noun, it commonly means a landlord.

What is the feminine form of casero?

The feminine form is casera, and the plural forms are caseros and caseras.

Does casero mean homemade or landlord?

Both are common. The surrounding noun or sentence shows whether casero describes something homemade or names a landlord.

What does árbitro casero mean?

An árbitro casero is a referee whose decisions unfairly favor the home team.

What does casero mean in a Peruvian market?

It can be a friendly term for a regular customer or for the trusted seller that customer visits.

Is casero always neutral?

No. Most uses are neutral, but the lover sense in Guatemala and Honduras is slang and can sound vulgar, while several older senses are archaic.

Where does casero come from?

It is formed from casa, meaning house or home, plus the suffix -ero.

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