buscador

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish buscar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish buscador

From buscar + -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buskaˈdoɾ/ [bus.kaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: bus‧ca‧dor

Adjective

buscador (feminine buscadora, masculine plural buscadores, feminine plural buscadoras)

1. searching, scouting

Noun

buscador m (plural buscadores, feminine buscadora, feminine plural buscadoras)

1. seeker
2. prospector

Noun

buscador m (plural buscadores)

1. (Internet) search engine

   Synonym: motor de búsqueda

Further reading

• buscador on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• “buscador”, 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