Ecuador

See also: ecuador

English

The location of Ecuador

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *aikʷos?

Old Latin aiquos

Latin aequus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin aequō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Medieval Latin aequātōremslbor.

Spanish ecuador

Spanish Ecuadorbor.

English Ecuador

Borrowed from Spanish Ecuador, itself from ecuador (“equator”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.wə.dɔː/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.wə.doː/

  • Audio (Standard Southern British):

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.wə.dɔɹ/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• (Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈek.wə.doː/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.wə.dɔɾ/

Proper noun

Ecuador

2. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Ecuador. Capital: Quito.
   • 2023 October 23, Anna Cooban, “Javier Milei wants Argentina to swap the peso for the US dollar. Here’s what that could mean”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:

     Economists at Capital Economics wrote in an August note that dollarized countries El Salvador, Panama and Ecuador show “markedly lower inflation than elsewhere in the region.”

Derived terms

• Ecuadoran
• Ecuadorean
• Ecuadorian

Translations

country in South America

• Abkhaz: Екәадор (Ekʷʼador)
• Afrikaans: Ecuador
• Albanian: Ekuador m (indefinite), Ekuadori (sq) m (definite)
• Amharic: ኤክዋዶር (ʾekwador)
• Arabic: إِكْوَادُور f (ʔekwadōr), الإِكْوَادُور f (al-ʔekwadōr)

  Hijazi Arabic: الإكوادور f (al-ʔikwādōr)

• Armenian: Էկվադոր (hy) (Ēkvador)
• Asturian: Ecuador (ast) m, L'Ecuador (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Ekvador (az)
• Basque: Ekuador
• Belarusian: Эквадо́р m (Ekvadór)
• Bengali: ইকুয়েডর (bn) (ikuẏeḍor)
• Breton: Ecuador
• Bulgarian: Еквадо́р m (Ekvadór)
• Burmese: အီကွေဒေါ (i-kwedau:)
• Catalan: Equador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 厄瓜多爾 / 厄瓜多尔 (aak¹ gwaa¹ do¹ ji⁵)

  Mandarin: 厄瓜多爾 / 厄瓜多尔 (zh) (Èguāduō'ěr), 厄瓜多 (zh) (Èguāduō)

• Czech: Ekvádor (cs) m
• Danish: Ecuador (da) n
• Dhivehi: އިކުއެޑޯރު (ikueḍōru)
• Dutch: Ecuador (nl) n
• Esperanto: Ekvadoro (eo)
• Estonian: Ecuador (et)
• Faroese: Ekvador
• Finnish: Ecuador (fi)
• French: Équateur (fr) m
• Galician: Ecuador (gl)
• Georgian: ეკვადორი (ka) (eḳvadori)
• German: Ecuador (de) n
• Greek: Ισημερινός (el) m (Isimerinós), Εκουαδόρ (el) n (Ekouadór)
• Hebrew: אקוודור / אֶקְוָדוֹר (he) f (ekvadór)
• Hindi: इक्वाडोर (hi) m (ikvāḍor), इक्वेडोर (hi) m (ikveḍor), एक्वाडोर m (ekvāḍor), ईक्वाडोर (hi) (īkvāḍor)
• Hungarian: Ecuador (hu)
• Icelandic: Ekvador (is) n
• Ido: Equador (io)
• Indonesian: Ekuador (id)
• Interlingua: Ecuador
• Irish: Eacuadór
• Italian: Ecuador (it) m
• Japanese: エクアドル (ja) (Ekuadoru)
• Kazakh: Эквадор (kk) (Èkvador)
• Khmer: អេក្វាទ័រ (km) (ʼeekvaatɔə)
• Korean: 에콰도르 (ko) (Ekwadoreu), 에꽈도르 (ko) (Ekkwadoreu) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Ekuador

• Kyrgyz: Эквадор (ky) (Ekvador)
• Lao: ເອກົວເຕີ (ʼē kūa tœ̄)
• Latvian: Ekvadora (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Ekvadoras (lt) m
• Macedonian: Еквадо́р m (Ekvadór)
• Malagasy: Ekoatera (mg)
• Malay: Ecuador
• Maltese: Ekwador
• Māori: Ekuatoa
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Эквадор (Ekvador)

• Navajo: Kéyah Nahasdzáán Ałníiʼgi Siʼánígíí
• Nepali: इक्वेडोर (ikveḍor)
• Norman: Êquateur m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Ecuador n

• Occitan: Equator (oc) m, Eqüator (oc) m
• Odia: ଏକୁଆଡୋର (ekuāḍora)
• Ossetian: Эквадор (Èkvador)
• Pashto: اېکوادور m (ekwādor), اکوادور m (ekwādor)
• Persian: اکوادور (ekvâdor)
• Polish: Ekwador (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Equador (pt) m
• Quechua: Ikwadur
• Romanian: Ecuador (ro) n
• Russian: Эквадо́р (ru) m (Ekvadór)
• Sanskrit: एक्वाडोर (ekvāḍora)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ѐква̄дор m

  Latin: Èkvādor (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ඉක්‍වදෝරය (ikwadōraya)
• Slovak: Ekvádor (sk) m
• Slovene: Ekvador (sl) m
• Spanish: Ecuador (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: Ekwador
• Swahili: Ecuador (sw)
• Swedish: Ecuador (sv)
• Tagalog: Ekwador (tl)
• Tajik: Экуадор (tg) (Ekuador)
• Tatar: Эквадор (Ekwador)
• Thai: เอกวาดอร์ (th) (ee-gwaa-dɔɔ)
• Tibetan: ཨེ་ཁོའོ་ཌོར (e kho'o ḍor)
• Tigrinya: ኤኳዶር (ʾekʷador)
• Turkish: Ekvador (tr)
• Turkmen: Ekwador
• Ukrainian: Еквадо́р (uk) m (Ekvadór)
• Urdu: ایکواڈور m (īkvāḍor, ekvāḍor)
• Uyghur: ئېكۋادور (ëkwador)
• Uzbek: Ekvador (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ê-cu-a-đo
• Volapük: Lekvadorän (vo)
• Yiddish: עקוואַדאָר n (ekvador)

See also

countries in South America (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Further reading

• Ecuador on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ecuador on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Ecuador on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Category:Ecuador on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekwaˈdoɾ/ [e.kwaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: E‧cua‧dor

Proper noun

Ecuador m

1. Ecuador (a country in South America)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Ecuador

1. Ecuador (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Ecuador

1. Ecuador (a country in South America)

Danish

Proper noun

Ecuador

1. Ecuador (a country in South America)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Ecuador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.kʋaːˌdɔr/, /ˌeː.kʋaːˈdɔr/

• Audio (Netherlands):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ecua‧dor

Proper noun

Ecuador n

1. Ecuador (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Ecuadoraan

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Ecuador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈekuɑdor/, [ˈe̞kuˌɑ̝do̞r]
• Rhymes: -ɑdor

Proper noun

Ecuador

1. Ecuador (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection of Ecuador (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Ecuador	—
genitive		Ecuadorin	—
partitive		Ecuadoria	—
illative		Ecuadoriin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Ecuador	—
accusative	nom.	Ecuador	—
	gen.	Ecuadorin
genitive		Ecuadorin	—
partitive		Ecuadoria	—
inessive		Ecuadorissa	—
elative		Ecuadorista	—
illative		Ecuadoriin	—
adessive		Ecuadorilla	—
ablative		Ecuadorilta	—
allative		Ecuadorille	—
essive		Ecuadorina	—
translative		Ecuadoriksi	—
abessive		Ecuadoritta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Ecuador (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ecuadorini — accusative nom. Ecuadorini — gen. Ecuadorini genitive Ecuadorini — partitive Ecuadoriani — inessive Ecuadorissani — elative Ecuadoristani — illative Ecuadoriini — adessive Ecuadorillani — ablative Ecuadoriltani — allative Ecuadorilleni — essive Ecuadorinani — translative Ecuadorikseni — abessive Ecuadorittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ecuadorisi — accusative nom. Ecuadorisi — gen. Ecuadorisi genitive Ecuadorisi — partitive Ecuadoriasi — inessive Ecuadorissasi — elative Ecuadoristasi — illative Ecuadoriisi — adessive Ecuadorillasi — ablative Ecuadoriltasi — allative Ecuadorillesi — essive Ecuadorinasi — translative Ecuadoriksesi — abessive Ecuadorittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ecuadorimme — accusative nom. Ecuadorimme — gen. Ecuadorimme genitive Ecuadorimme — partitive Ecuadoriamme — inessive Ecuadorissamme — elative Ecuadoristamme — illative Ecuadoriimme — adessive Ecuadorillamme — ablative Ecuadoriltamme — allative Ecuadorillemme — essive Ecuadorinamme — translative Ecuadoriksemme — abessive Ecuadorittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ecuadorinne — accusative nom. Ecuadorinne — gen. Ecuadorinne genitive Ecuadorinne — partitive Ecuadorianne — inessive Ecuadorissanne — elative Ecuadoristanne — illative Ecuadoriinne — adessive Ecuadorillanne — ablative Ecuadoriltanne — allative Ecuadorillenne — essive Ecuadorinanne — translative Ecuadoriksenne — abessive Ecuadorittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Ecuadorinsa — accusative nom. Ecuadorinsa — gen. Ecuadorinsa genitive Ecuadorinsa — partitive Ecuadoriaan Ecuadoriansa — inessive Ecuadorissaan Ecuadorissansa — elative Ecuadoristaan Ecuadoristansa — illative Ecuadoriinsa — adessive Ecuadorillaan Ecuadorillansa — ablative Ecuadoriltaan Ecuadoriltansa — allative Ecuadorilleen Ecuadorillensa — essive Ecuadorinaan Ecuadorinansa — translative Ecuadorikseen Ecuadoriksensa — abessive Ecuadorittaan Ecuadorittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Ecuadorin tasavalta (official name)

Derived terms

• ecuadorilainen

compounds

• ecuadorinkalansyöjärotta
• ecuadorinpiikkihiiri

Galician

Alternative forms

• Equador (reintegrationist)

Proper noun

Ecuador m

1. Ecuador (a country in South America)

Related terms

• ecuatoriano

German

Alternative forms

• Ekuador

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eku̯aˈdoːr/, [(ʔ)e.kʋaˈdoːɐ̯], [-ˈdɔɐ̯], (less often) /ˈɛku̯aˌdoːr/, /ˈeːku̯aˌdoːr/, [ˈʔɛ.kʋaˌdoːɐ̯], [ˈʔeː-], [-ˌdɔɐ̯], (uncommon) [-ku.a-]
• Since the pronunciation with vocalic [u] is uncommon, one can also transcribe /v/ instead of /u̯/ (as in Äquator).

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Proper noun

Ecuador n (proper noun, genitive Ecuadors or (optionally with an article) Ecuador)

1. Ecuador (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Ecuadorianer
• ecuadorianisch

Related terms

• Äquator

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛkvaːdor]
• Rhymes: -or
• Hyphenation: Ecua‧dor
• Syllabification: E‧cua‧dor

Proper noun

Ecuador

1. Ecuador (a country in South America; official name: Ecuadori Köztársaság)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ecuador	—
accusative	Ecuadort	—
dative	Ecuadornak	—
instrumental	Ecuadorral	—
causal-final	Ecuadorért	—
translative	Ecuadorrá	—
terminative	Ecuadorig	—
essive-formal	Ecuadorként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Ecuadorban	—
superessive	Ecuadoron	—
adessive	Ecuadornál	—
illative	Ecuadorba	—
sublative	Ecuadorra	—
allative	Ecuadorhoz	—
elative	Ecuadorból	—
delative	Ecuadorról	—
ablative	Ecuadortól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Ecuadoré	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Ecuadoréi	—

Possessive forms of Ecuador

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Ecuadorom	—
2nd person sing.	Ecuadorod	—
3rd person sing.	Ecuadora	—
1st person plural	Ecuadorunk	—
2nd person plural	Ecuadorotok	—
3rd person plural	Ecuadoruk	—

Derived terms

• ecuadori

See also

countries in South America: Dél-Amerika országai (appendix)edit

• Argentína
• Bolívia
• Brazília
• Chile
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Kolumbia
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.kwa.dor/, (traditional, careful style) /e.kwaˈdɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɛkwador, (traditional, careful style) -ɔr
• Hyphenation: È‧cua‧dor, (traditional, careful style) E‧cua‧dòr

Proper noun

Ecuador m

1. Ecuador (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• ecuadoriano
• ecuadoregno

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Ecuador

1. Ecuador (a country in South America)

Related terms

• ecuadorianer
• ecuadoriansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Ecuador

1. Ecuador (a country in South America)

Related terms

• ecuadorianar
• ecuadoriansk

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ecuador m

1. alternative spelling of Equador: Ecuador (a country in South America)

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *aikʷos?

Old Latin aiquos

Latin aequus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin aequō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Medieval Latin aequātōremslbor.

Spanish ecuador

Spanish Ecuador

From ecuador (“equator”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekwaˈdoɾ/ [e.kwaˈð̞oɾ]

• Audio (Peru); “Ecuador; capital: Quito”:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: E‧cua‧dor

Proper noun

Ecuador m

1. Ecuador (a country in South America)

Usage notes

• The definite article is optional when referring to Ecuador in Spanish (i.e. el Ecuador). It is mostly used in Ecuador.

Related terms

• ecuatoriano

Descendants

• → Japanese: エクアドル (Ekuadoru)
• → Tagalog: Ekwadór

See also

countries in South America: países de Suramérica (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brasil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Perú
• Surinam
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Anagrams

• acuerdo, recaudo

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Ecuador n (genitive Ecuadors)

1. Ecuador (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• ecuadorian
• ecuadoriansk
• ecuadorianska

See also

countries in South America: Sydamerikas länder (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brasilien
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Surinam
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

References

• “Ecuador”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH

Tatar

Proper noun

Ecuador

1. nonstandard spelling of Ekvador (“Ecuador (a country in South America)”)
   • 2006 October 15, Ali Ğilmi, “Ecuadorda prezident saylawları. Könyaq Amerikanıñ bu ilendä dä xakimiätkä sulçı kilergä mömkin”, in Azatlıq radiosı‎^[2]:

     Könyaq Amerikanıñ Ecuador ilendä bügen prezident saylawları.

     Today is the presidential election in the South American country of Ecuador.

Declension

Declension of Ecuador

nominative	Ecuador
genitive	Ecuadornıñ
dative	Ecuadorga
accusative	Ecuadornı
locative	Ecuadorda
ablative	Ecuadordan

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Ecuador

1. Ecuador (a country in South America)