dador

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dator. By surface analysis, dar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈdoʁ/ [daˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈdoʁ/ [daˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /daˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /daˈdoʁ/ [daˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /daˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐˈdoɾ/ [dɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐˈdoɾ/ [dɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐˈdo.ɾi/ [dɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: da‧dor

Adjective

dador (feminine dadora, masculine plural dadores, feminine plural dadoras)

1. giving

Noun

dador m (plural dadores, feminine dadora, feminine plural dadoras)

1. giver
2. (Portugal) donor (of blood or organs)

   Synonym: doador

Further reading

• “dador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈdoɾ/ [d̪aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: da‧dor

Noun

dador m (plural dadores, feminine dadora, feminine plural dadoras)

1. giver
2. dealer (in cards)

Related terms

• dar

Further reading

• “dador”, 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