conquistador

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈkistədɔɹ/, IPA^(key): /kənˈkwɪstədɔɹ/

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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.

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Catalan

Etymology

conquistar +‎ -dor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuŋ.kis.təˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koŋ.kis.təˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koŋ.kis.taˈðoɾ]

Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadors, feminine conquistadora)

1. (historical) conquistador
2. conqueror

   Synonym: conqueridor

   conquistador de dones ― lady-killer

Further reading

• “conquistador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.kis.ta.dɔʁ/

Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadors)

1. conquistador

Further reading

• “conquistador”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Noun

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

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From conquistar (“to conquer”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konkistaˈdoɾ/ [kõŋ.kis.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]

• Audio (Chile):

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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

Related terms

• conquista
• conquistar

 

Further reading

• “conquistador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014