traidor

See also: traidôr and traïdor

Galician

Alternative forms

• treidor

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese traedor, from Latin trāditor, trāditorem (“traitor”).

Adjective

traidor m (feminine singular traidora, masculine plural traidores, feminine plural traidoras)

1. traitorous (characteristic of a traitor)

   Synonym: traizoeiro

2. which betrays (reveals unintentionally)

Derived terms

• traidoramente

Noun

traidor m (plural traidores, feminine traidora, feminine plural traidoras)

1. traitor (one who betrays)

   Synonym: traizoeiro

Related terms

• traizón

Further reading

• “traidor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

References

• “traidor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “traidor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “traidor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “traidor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “traidor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• traedor (obsolete)
• traïdor (obsolete)
• traidôr (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese traedor, from Latin trāditōrem (“traitor”), from trādō (“to give over”), from trāns (“across, beyond”) + dō (“to give”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.iˈdoʁ/ [tɾa.iˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.iˈdoʁ/ [tɾa.iˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾa.iˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾa.iˈdoʁ/ [tɾa.iˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.iˈdoɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾajˈdoɾ/ [tɾajˈðoɾ]

• Hyphenation: trai‧dor

Noun

traidor m (plural traidores, feminine traidora, feminine plural traidoras)

1. traitor (one who betrays)

Adjective

traidor (feminine traidora, masculine plural traidores, feminine plural traidoras)

1. traitorous (characteristic of a traitor)

   Synonyms: aleivoso, desleal, enganador, mentiroso, pérfido, traiçoeiro

   Antonyms: fiel, franco, leal

2. which betrays (reveals unintentionally)

   Synonym: revelador

Related terms

• traição
• traiçoeiramente
• traiçoeiro
• traído
• traidoramente
• traimento
• trair

 

Further reading

• “traidor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish traydor, traïdor, traedor, related to Old Spanish traer (“to betray”) and perhaps a semi-learned borrowing from Latin trāditor, trāditōrem (“traitor, betrayer”) (the main evidence being its use with a hiatus -aï- in Berceo), from Latin trādō, trādere (“to hand over, abandon something”), from trāns (“across, beyond”) + dō (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾaiˈdoɾ/, [t̪ɾai̯ˈð̞oɾ]

Adjective

traidor (feminine traidora, masculine plural traidores, feminine plural traidoras)

1. traitorous (characteristic of a traitor)

   Synonym: traicionero

2. unpredictable

Derived terms

• traidoramente

Noun

traidor m (plural traidores, feminine traidora, feminine plural traidoras)

1. traitor, betrayer, snake, backstabber

   Synonym: traicionero

Related terms

• traición

Further reading

• Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “dar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 426
• “traidor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• traydor (common)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish traidor (“traitor”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tra‧i‧dor
• IPA^(key): /tɾajˈdoɾ/, [tɾaɪ̯ˈdoɾ]

Noun

traidór

1. traitor; recreant

   Synonyms: taksil, lilo, sukab

Derived terms

• magtraidor
• pagtraiduran
• patraidor
• traiduran
• traidurin

 

Related terms

• traisyon

Adjective

traidór

1. treacherous

   Synonyms: taksil, lilo, sukab

Further reading

• “traidor” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.