Usage Note
Pionero comes from French pionnier ('foot soldier'), its modern 'discoverer, initiator' sense reinforced by English 'pioneer'. It functions as both noun and adjective: un enfoque pionero ('a pioneering approach'). The feminine form is pionera.
Examples
"Fue un pionero de la aviación moderna."
Natural Translation
He was a pioneer of modern aviation.
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