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matador

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See also: Matador and matadór

English

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A matadora in traditional garb.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish matador (killer). Used in the English language as title for a bullfighter, however referred to as a torero in Spain.

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Noun

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matador (plural matadors or matadores)

  1. (bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
    • 1962, Arthur Miller, “The Bored and the Violent”, in Herbert Gold, editor, First Person Singular: Essays for the Sixties[1], New York: Dial, published 1963, page 181:
      [] few of these boys know how to fight alone, and hardly any without a knife or a gun. They are not to be equated with matadors or boxers or Hemingway heroes. They are dangerous pack hounds who will not even expose themselves singly in the outfield.
    • 1968, James A. Michener, “Sevilla”, in Iberia, New York, NY: Dial Press, published 2015, →ISBN, page 317:
      The second is La Macarena, named after an Arabian princess, and she was preferred by another great matador, Joselito, and to see her leave her parish church of San Gil at one in the morning of Good Friday or return later in the day is held by many Sevillanos to be the most important thing that can happen during Holy Week.
    • 1985 June 9, William Kennedy, “The Last Ole”, in The New York Times[2]:
      Hemingway's subject for the epilogue was the mano a mano (or hand-to-hand, a duel) between Spain's two leading matadors, Luis Miguel Dominguin and his brother-in-law, Antonio Ordonez.
  2. (uncountable) A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.
  3. (card games) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
  4. (card games) One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.

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References

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  1. ^ matador”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Czech

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmatador]
  • Hyphenation: me‧ta‧dor

Noun

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matador m anim (female equivalent matadorka)

  1. (bullfighting) matador (the person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight)
    • 1930, Karel Čapek, Výlet do Španěl:
      Bledý matador jde znovu s mečem a muletou zabíjet podle pravidel hry; avšak býk se zaberanil a stojí se vztyčenou hlavou, se šíjí zježenou banderillami a jakoby přehozenou pláštěm krve.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • matador”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • matador”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

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Etymology

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From Spanish matador.

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Noun

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matador c (singular definite matadoren, plural indefinite matadorer)

  1. matador (bullfighting)
  2. tycoon

Declension

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Proper noun

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matador

  1. Monopoly (board game)

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish matador.

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Noun

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matador m (plural matadors)

  1. (bullfighting) matador

Further reading

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish matador.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈta.dɔr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -adɔr
  • Syllabification: ma‧ta‧dor

Noun

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matador m pers

  1. matador (the person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • matador in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • matador in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From matar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.tɐˈdoɾ/ [mɐ.tɐˈðoɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.tɐˈdo.ɾi/ [mɐ.tɐˈðo.ɾi]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧dor

Adjective

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matador (feminine matadora, masculine plural matadores, feminine plural matadoras)

  1. which kills
  2. (figurative) seductive
    olhar matadorseductive look

Noun

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matador m (plural matadores, feminine matadora, feminine plural matadoras)

  1. killer (someone who kills)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French matador.

Noun

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matador m (plural matadori)

  1. (bullfighting) matador

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative matador matadorul matadori matadorii
genitive-dative matador matadorului matadori matadorilor
vocative matadorule matadorilor

Spanish

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, matar (kill) +‎ -dor (agent suffix). May correspond to Latin mactātōrem (slayer, killer, slaughterer), but the origin of the base verb matar is disputed.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mataˈdoɾ/ [ma.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧ta‧dor

Noun

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matador m (plural matadores, feminine matadora, feminine plural matadoras)

  1. a slaughterer, a killer
    Synonym: asesino
  2. (bullfighting) matador, a featured bullfighter at a bullfight event
    Synonym: diestro

Descendants

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Swedish

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Noun

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matador c

  1. (bullfighting) a matador

Declension

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish matador.

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matador (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. butcher
    Synonyms: matadero, magkakarne
  2. (bullfighting) matador; bullfighter
    Synonyms: toreador, torero

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