comprador

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Portuguese comprador (“buyer”), from comprar (“to buy”) + -dor (“(agent)”), from Latin comparō (“I buy”).

In Far East, originally applied to native servants in European households, later to native managers in European businesses.

NounEdit

comprador (plural compradors)

1. An intermediary.
2. A native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser.
3. (nautical) A ship's chandler in the Far East.

Derived termsEdit

• comprador bourgeoisie

TranslationsEdit

intermediary — see intermediary

native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 買辦 (zh), 买办 (zh) (mǎibàn)

• Finnish: kollaboraattori (fi)

ReferencesEdit

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

comprar +‎ -dor, or from Late Latin compārator, compāratōrem, from Latin compārō.

PronunciationEdit

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkõ.pɾa.ˈdoɻ/

NounEdit

comprador m (plural compradores, feminine compradora, feminine plural compradoras)

1. buyer (person who makes purchases)
2. customer

SynonymsEdit

• (customer): cliente, freguês

Related termsEdit

• comprar, compra, comprável

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

comprar +‎ -dor, or from Late Latin compārator, compāratōrem, from Latin compārō.

AdjectiveEdit

comprador (feminine singular compradora, masculine plural compradores, feminine plural compradoras)

1. buying

NounEdit

comprador m (plural compradores, feminine compradora, feminine plural compradoras)

1. buyer

Related termsEdit

• comprar