corruptor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corruptor.

Noun

corruptor (plural corruptors)

1. Alternative form of corrupter.

Derived terms

• corruptress

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔrˈrʊp.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [korˈrup.tor]

Noun

corruptor m (genitive corruptōris); third declension

1. corrupter, misleader, seducer, briber

   Coordinate term: (female) corruptrīx

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	corruptor	corruptōrēs
genitive	corruptōris	corruptōrum
dative	corruptōrī	corruptōribus
accusative	corruptōrem	corruptōrēs
ablative	corruptōre	corruptōribus
vocative	corruptor	corruptōrēs

References

• “corruptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “corruptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “corruptor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korubˈtoɾ/ [ko.ruβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: co‧rrup‧tor

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin corruptorius.

Adjective

corruptor (feminine corruptora, masculine plural corruptores, feminine plural corruptoras)

1. corruptible
2. misleading

   Synonym: engañoso

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin corruptor.

Noun

corruptor m (plural corruptores)

1. corrupter, misleader

   Synonym: engañador

Related terms

• corrompedor
• corromper
• corrompidamente
• corrompido
• corrupción
• corruptamente
• corruptela
• corruptibilidad
• corruptible
• corruptivo
• corrupto

Further reading

• “corruptor”, 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