explorador

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin explōrātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əks.plu.ɾəˈðu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əks.plo.ɾəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əks.plu.ɾəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eks.plo.ɾaˈðoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [eks.plo.ɾaˈðo]

Noun

explorador m (plural exploradors, feminine exploradora, feminine plural exploradores)

1. explorer

Related terms

• explorar

Further reading

• “explorador”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “explorador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “explorador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “explorador”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

From Latin explōrātor.

Adjective

explorador (feminine exploradora, masculine plural exploradores, feminine plural exploradoras)

1. (relational) exploration

Noun

explorador m (plural exploradores, feminine exploradora, feminine plural exploradoras)

1. explorer

Related terms

• exploración
• explorar

Further reading

• “explorador”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin explōrātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.plo.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [is.plo.ɾaˈdoh], /es.plo.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [es.plo.ɾaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.plo.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [is.plo.ɾaˈdoh], /es.plo.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [es.plo.ɾaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.plo.ɾaˈdoɾ/, /es.plo.ɾaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.plo.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [iʃ.plo.ɾaˈdoχ], /eʃ.plo.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [eʃ.plo.ɾaˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /is.plo.ɾaˈdoɻ/, /es.plo.ɾaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plu.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [(i)ʃ.plu.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plu.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [(i)ʃ.plu.ɾɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plu.ɾɐˈdo.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ex‧plo‧ra‧dor

Noun

explorador m (plural exploradores, feminine exploradora, feminine plural exploradoras)

1. explorer (one who explores)
2. exploiter (one who exploits)

Related terms

• explorar
• exploração

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Derived from Latin explōrātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsploɾaˈdoɾ/ [eɣ̞s.plo.ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧plo‧ra‧dor

Adjective

explorador (feminine exploradora, masculine plural exploradores, feminine plural exploradoras)

1. (relational) exploration

Noun

explorador m (plural exploradores, feminine exploradora, feminine plural exploradoras)

1. explorer

   Synonym: esculca

Related terms

• exploración
• explorar

Further reading

• “explorador”, 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