lanzador

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish lanzar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish lanzador

From lanzar + -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lanθaˈdoɾ/ [lãn̟.θaˈð̞oɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /lansaˈdoɾ/ [lãn.saˈð̞oɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: lan‧za‧dor

Noun

lanzador m (plural lanzadores, feminine lanzadora, feminine plural lanzadoras)

1. (baseball) pitcher

   Synonyms: pícher, monticulista

Further reading

• “lanzador”, 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