conquistador
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈkistədɔɹ/, IPA(key): /kənˈkwɪstədɔɹ/
Audio (US, Northern California) (file)
Noun
conquistador (plural conquistadors or conquistadores)
- 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
Noun
conquistador m (plural conquistadors, feminine conquistadora)
- (historical) conquistador
- conqueror
- Synonym: conqueridor
- conquistador de dones ― lady-killer
Further reading
- “conquistador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.kis.ta.dɔʁ/
Further reading
- “conquistador”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Spanish
Etymology
From conquistar (“to conquer”) + -dor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konkistaˈdoɾ/ [kõŋ.kis.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
Audio (Chile) (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: con‧quis‧ta‧dor
Adjective
conquistador (feminine conquistadora, masculine plural conquistadores, feminine plural conquistadoras)
Noun
conquistador m (plural conquistadores, feminine conquistadora, feminine plural conquistadoras)
- conqueror, conquistador
- (figuratively) womanizer
Related terms
Further reading
- “conquistador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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