matador

See also: Matador and matadór

English

A matadora in traditional garb.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish matador (“killer”). Used in the English language as title for a bullfighter, however referred to as a torero in Spain.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmætədɔɹ/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Noun

matador (plural matadors or matadores, feminine matadora)

1. (bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
2. (uncountable) A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.
3. (card games) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
4. (card games) One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.

Translations

bullfighter

• Bulgarian: матадор m (matador)
• Catalan: matador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鬥牛士 (zh), 斗牛士 (zh) (dòuniúshì)

• Czech: matador (cs) m
• Dutch: stierenvechter (nl)
• Finnish: matadori (fi)
• French: matador (fr) m
• German: Matador (de) m
• Greek: ταυρομάχος (el) (tavromáchos)
• Irish: tarbhadóir m, tarbhchomhraiceoir m
• Italian: matador m
• Japanese: マタドール (matadōru), 闘牛士 (とうぎゅうし, tōgyūshi)
• Korean: 부우사 (buusa)
• Polish: matador (pl) m
• Portuguese: toureiro (pt) m, toureador m
• Russian: матадо́р (ru) m (matadór), тореадо́р (ru) m (toreadór)
• Spanish: matador (es) m
• Swedish: matador (sv) c

See also

• bullfighting
• bull ring
• picador
• tauromachy
• toreador

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatador]
• Hyphenation: me‧ta‧dor

Noun

matador m anim (feminine matadorka)

1. (bullfighting) matador (the person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight)
   • 1930, Karel Čapek, Výlet do Španěl:

     Bledý matador jde znovu s mečem a muletou zabíjet podle pravidel hry; avšak býk se zaberanil a stojí se vztyčenou hlavou, se šíjí zježenou banderillami a jakoby přehozenou pláštěm krve.

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Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	matador	matadoři
genitive	matadora	matadorů
dative	matadorovi, matadoru	matadorům
accusative	matadora	matadory
vocative	matadore	matadoři
locative	matadorovi, matadoru	matadorech
instrumental	matadorem	matadory

Further reading

• matador in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• matador in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Etymology

From Spanish matador.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

matador c (singular definite matadoren, plural indefinite matadorer)

1. matador (bullfighting)
2. tycoon

Declension

Declension of matador

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	matador	matadoren	matadorer	matadorerne
genitive	matadors	matadorens	matadorers	matadorernes

Proper noun

matador

1. Monopoly (board game)

References

• “matador” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish matador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ta.dɔʁ/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

matador m (plural matadors)

1. (bullfighting) matador

Further reading

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

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish matador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈta.dɔr/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -adɔr
• Syllabification: ma‧ta‧dor

Noun

matador m pers

1. matador (the person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight)

Declension

Declension of matador

	singular	plural
nominative	matador	matadorzy
genitive	matadora	matadorów
dative	matadorowi	matadorom
accusative	matadora	matadorów
instrumental	matadorem	matadorami
locative	matadorze	matadorach
vocative	matadorze	matadorzy

Further reading

• matador in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• matador in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From matar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

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

• Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧dor

Noun

matador m (plural matadores, feminine matadora, feminine plural matadoras)

1. killer (someone who kills)

Adjective

matador (feminine matadora, masculine plural matadores, feminine plural matadoras)

1. which often kills

Further reading

• “matador” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French matador.

Noun

matador m (plural matadori)

1. (bullfighting) matador

Declension

Declension of matador

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) matador	matadorul	(niște) matadori	matadorii
genitive/dative	(unui) matador	matadorului	(unor) matadori	matadorilor
vocative	matadorule		matadorilor

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Spanish

Etymology

matar (“kill”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mataˈdoɾ/ [ma.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧dor

Noun

matador m (plural matadores, feminine matadora, feminine plural matadoras)

1. a slaughterer, a killer

   Synonym: asesino

2. (bullfighting) matador, a featured bullfighter at a bullfight event

   Synonym: diestro

Descendants

• → Danish: matador
• → English: matador
• → French: matador
• → Tagalog: matador
• → Turkish: matador

See also

• picador
• toreador

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Noun

matador c

1. (bullfighting) a matador

Declension

Declension of matador
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	matador	matadoren	matadorer	matadorerna
Genitive	matadors	matadorens	matadorers	matadorernas

References

• matador in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• matador in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• matador in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish matador.

Noun

matador

1. a butcher
2. (bullfighting) matador, a bullfighter