predador

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedātōrem, from praedor (“to acquire loot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [pɾə.ðəˈðu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [pɾə.ðəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.ðaˈðoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [pɾe.ðaˈðo]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

predador m (plural predadors)

1. (ecology) predator

   Synonym: depredador

Related terms

• depredar
• predació
• presa

Further reading

• “predador”, 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

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *gʰodéh

Proto-Italic *hodā

Proto-Italic *praiɣodā

Latin praeda

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 -ō

Latin praedor

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin praedātōrembor.

Portuguese predador

Borrowed from Latin praedātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.daˈdoʁ/ [pɾe.daˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.daˈdoʁ/ [pɾe.daˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾe.daˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾe.daˈdoʁ/ [pɾe.daˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /pɾe.daˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.dɐˈdoɾ/ [pɾɨ.ðɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.dɐˈdoɾ/ [pɾɨ.ðɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.dɐˈdo.ɾi/ [pɾɨ.ðɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: pre‧da‧dor

Noun

predador m (plural predadores, feminine predadora, feminine plural predadoras)

1. predator (animal that hunts and kills other animals)
2. predator (someone who attacks and plunders for gain)

Related terms

• predar
• predação

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin praedatorem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾedaˈdoɾ/ [pɾe.ð̞aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧da‧dor

Adjective

predador (feminine predadora, masculine plural predadores, feminine plural predadoras)

1. predatory

   Synonym: depredador

Noun

predador m (plural predadores)

1. predator (any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms)

   Synonym: depredador

Related terms

• prear
• predar

Further reading

• “predador”, 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