fijador

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish fijo

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 fijar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish fijador

From fijar + -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fixaˈdoɾ/ [fi.xaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: fi‧ja‧dor

Adjective

fijador (feminine fijadora, masculine plural fijadores, feminine plural fijadoras)

1. fixative

Noun

fijador m (plural fijadores)

1. fixative
   • 2016 November 25, “Pescador árabe se hace millonario con 80 kilos de vómito de cachalot”, in El Periódico‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 June 2017:

     La industria cosmética y la peletera utilizan el ámbar gris (también llamado espermaceti o 'vómito de cachalote) como fijador de perfumes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. gel, hair gel

   Synonym: gomina

Further reading

• “fijador”, 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