embalsamador

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish embalsamador.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: em‧bal‧sa‧ma‧dor

Noun

embalsamador

1. an embalmer

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:embalsamador.

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Spanish en-

Spanish en-

Spanish bálsamo

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 -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish embalsamar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish embalsamador

From embalsamar + -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /embalsamaˈdoɾ/ [ẽm.bal.sa.maˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: em‧bal‧sa‧ma‧dor

Adjective

embalsamador (feminine embalsamadora, masculine plural embalsamadores, feminine plural embalsamadoras)

1. embalming

Noun

embalsamador m (plural embalsamadores, feminine embalsamadora, feminine plural embalsamadoras)

1. embalmer
   • 2025 November 2, Gloria López, “La embalsamadora que le da vida a la muerte [The embalmer who brings death to life]”, in El Sol de México‎^[1]:

     Alejandra Acosta dice que el miedo a hablar de la muerte ha ocultado el trabajo de los embalsamadores, que es un tema tabú que los mantiene en el anonimato, porque su trabajo es un recordatorio constante de que la gente se va morir^[sic].

     Alejandra Acosta says that fear of talking about death has hidden the work of embalmers, which is a taboo topic that keeps them anonymous, because their work is a constant reminder that people will die.

Descendants

• → Cebuano: embalsamador
• → Tagalog: embalsamador

Further reading

• “embalsamador”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Spanish en-

Spanish en-

Spanish bálsamo

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 -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish embalsamar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish embalsamadorbor.

Tagalog embalsamador

Borrowed from Spanish embalsamador.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔembalsamaˈdoɾ/ [ʔɛm.bɐl.sɐ.mɐˈd̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: em‧bal‧sa‧ma‧dor

Noun

embalsamadór (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔ᜐᜋᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

1. embalmer (one who embalms corpses)

   Synonym: tagaembalsama

Related terms

• embalsamo

Further reading

• “embalsamador”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “embalsamador”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018