desolador

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese desolar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tōrem

Old Galician-Portuguese -dor

Portuguese -dor

Portuguese desolador

From desolar + -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zo.laˈdoʁ/ [de.zo.laˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zo.laˈdoʁ/ [de.zo.laˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.zo.laˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.zo.laˈdoʁ/ [de.zo.laˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /de.zo.laˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zu.lɐˈdoɾ/ [dɨ.zu.lɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zu.lɐˈdoɾ/ [dɨ.zu.lɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zu.lɐˈdo.ɾi/ [dɨ.zu.lɐˈðo.ɾi]

Adjective

desolador (feminine desoladora, masculine plural desoladores, feminine plural desoladoras)

1. that desolates
2. heartbreaking

Related terms

• desolação

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Latin sōlus

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 dēsōlōlbor.

Spanish desolar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish desolador

From desolar + -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desolaˈdoɾ/ [d̪e.so.laˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: de‧so‧la‧dor

Adjective

desolador (feminine desoladora, masculine plural desoladores, feminine plural desoladoras)

1. heartbreaking

Further reading

• “desolador”, 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