bordador

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish bordar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish bordador

From bordar + -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boɾdaˈdoɾ/ [boɾ.ð̞aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: bor‧da‧dor

Noun

bordador m (plural bordadores, feminine bordadora, feminine plural bordadoras)

1. embroiderer

Further reading

• “bordador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025