The Spanish word "aguacero" means "downpour." If you break it up, it seems to literally be "water zero." Is there anything to this? Is the etymology here implying that so much water fell to earth that there is zero left in the sky?
asked Mar 18, 2016 at 14:44
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1I think it's actually from agua + -ero with the -c- infix (like you see with pobrecita, from pobre and ito/a, rather than cita)– user0721090601Commented Mar 18, 2016 at 15:04
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Short answer: It does not mean water zero.
As guifa commented, it comes from agua and the suffix -ero, connected by the infix -c-.
From Definiciona
Este vocabulario en su etimología se compone del sustantivo “agua” agregando la letra “c” como enlace y de la morfema flexivo “ero”.
