conquistador

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈkistədɔɹ/, IPA(key): /kənˈkwɪstədɔɹ/
  • (file)

Noun

conquistador (plural conquistadors or conquistadores)

  1. A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.

Catalan

Etymology

conquistar + -dor

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /koŋ.kis.təˈdo/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /kuŋ.kis.təˈdo/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /koŋ.kis.taˈdoɾ/

Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadors, feminine conquistadora)

  1. (historical) conquistador
  2. conqueror
    Synonym: conqueridor
    conquistador de doneslady-killer

Further reading


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.kis.ta.dɔʁ/

Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadors)

  1. conquistador

Further reading


Portuguese

Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadores, feminine conquistadora, feminine plural conquistadoras)

  1. conqueror (someone who conquers)
  2. womanizer (habitual seducer of women)

Spanish

Etymology

From conquistar (to conquer) + -dor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konkistaˈdoɾ/ [kõŋ.kis.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧quis‧ta‧dor

Adjective

conquistador (feminine conquistadora, masculine plural conquistadores, feminine plural conquistadoras)

  1. conquering; winning

Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadores, feminine conquistadora, feminine plural conquistadoras)

  1. conqueror, conquistador
  2. (figuratively) womanizer

Further reading

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