conquistador

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈkistədɔɹ/, IPA^(key): /kənˈkwɪstədɔɹ/

• Audio (Northern California):

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Noun

conquistador (plural conquistadors or conquistadores)

1. A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.

Catalan

Etymology

From conquistar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuŋ.kis.təˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koŋ.kis.təˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koŋ.kis.taˈðoɾ]

Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadors, feminine conquistadora)

1. (historical) conquistador
2. conqueror

   Synonym: conqueridor

   conquistador de dones ― lady-killer

Further reading

• “conquistador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.kis.ta.dɔʁ/

Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadors)

1. conquistador

Further reading

• “conquistador”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

From conquistar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.kis.taˈdoʁ/ [kõ.kis.taˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.kis.taˈdoʁ/ [kõ.kis.taˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.kis.taˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.kiʃ.taˈdoʁ/ [kõ.kiʃ.taˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.kis.taˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.kiʃ.tɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.kiʃ.tɐˈðoɾ]

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

• Hyphenation: con‧quis‧ta‧dor

Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadores, feminine conquistadora, feminine plural conquistadoras)

1. conqueror (someone who conquers)
2. womanizer (habitual seducer of women)

Adjective

conquistador (feminine conquistadora, masculine plural conquistadores, feminine plural conquistadoras, comparable, comparative mais conquistador, superlative o mais conquistador or conquistadoríssimo)

1. conquering
2. winning

Spanish

Etymology

From conquistar (“to conquer”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konkistaˈdoɾ/ [kõŋ.kis.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]

• Audio (Chile):

  (file)

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: con‧quis‧ta‧dor

Adjective

conquistador (feminine conquistadora, masculine plural conquistadores, feminine plural conquistadoras)

1. conquering; winning

Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadores, feminine conquistadora, feminine plural conquistadoras)

1. conqueror, conquistador
2. (figuratively) womanizer

Related terms

• conquista
• conquistar

 

Further reading

• “conquistador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador. Attested since 1845.

Noun

conquistador c

1. (historical) a conquistador

Declension

Declension of conquistador
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	conquistador	conquistadoren	conquistadorer	conquistadorerna
Genitive	conquistadors	conquistadorens	conquistadorers	conquistadorernas

References

• conquistador in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• conquistador in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)