picador

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Contents

1 English
2 French
3 Spanish
- 3.1 Etymology
- 3.2 Noun

English[edit]

A picador in action.

Etymology[edit]

Spanish picador (“stinger”)

Noun[edit]

picador (plural picadors)

(bullfighting) A lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador.
I saw the picador lance the bull.

Translations[edit]

a lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador

Catalan: picador m
Czech: pikador (cs) m
French: picador (fr) m

Russian: пикадо́р (ru) m (pikadór)
Spanish: picador (es) m

Anagrams[edit]

caproid, carpoid, parodic

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /pi.ka.dɔʁ/

Noun[edit]

picador m (plural picadors)

(bullfighting) picador

Further reading[edit]

“picador” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From picar +‎ -ador.

Noun[edit]

picador m (plural picadores, feminine picadora, feminine plural picadoras)

someone who stabs or wounds
someone who cuts sugar-cane

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