especulador

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin speculātōrem. By surface analysis, especular +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pe.ku.laˈdoʁ/ [is.pe.ku.laˈdoh], /es.pe.ku.laˈdoʁ/ [es.pe.ku.laˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pe.ku.laˈdoʁ/ [is.pe.ku.laˈdoh], /es.pe.ku.laˈdoʁ/ [es.pe.ku.laˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.pe.ku.laˈdoɾ/, /es.pe.ku.laˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.pe.ku.laˈdoʁ/ [iʃ.pe.ku.laˈdoχ], /eʃ.pe.ku.laˈdoʁ/ [eʃ.pe.ku.laˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /is.pe.ku.laˈdoɻ/, /es.pe.ku.laˈdoɻ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.pe.ku.laˈdoʁ/ [es.pe.ku.laˈdoh]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɛ.ku.lɐˈdoɾ/ [(i)ʃ.pɛ.ku.lɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɛ.ku.lɐˈdoɾ/ [(i)ʃ.pɛ.ku.lɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɛ.ku.lɐˈdo.ɾi/ [(i)ʃ.pɛ.ku.lɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧cu‧la‧dor

Noun

especulador m (plural especuladores)

1. speculator

Related terms

• especular

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology 1

From especular +‎ -dor.

Adjective

especulador (feminine especuladora, masculine plural especuladores, feminine plural especuladoras)

1. speculating

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin speculator.

Noun

especulador m (plural especuladores, feminine especuladora, feminine plural especuladoras)

1. speculator, profiteer, scalper, (UK) stag, (oil, US) wildcatter

Related terms

• especular

Further reading

• “especulador”, 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