matador
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish matador (“killer”). Used in the English language as title for a bullfighter, however referred to as a torero in Spain.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈma.tə.dɔː/[1]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmæ.tə.dɔɹ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ætədɔː(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: mat‧a‧dor
Noun edit
matador (plural matadors or matadores, feminine matadora)
- (bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
- (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.
- (card games) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
- (card games) One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.
Translations edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ “matador”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
matador m anim (feminine matadorka)
- (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 edit
singular | plural | |
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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 edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
Noun edit
matador c (singular definite matadoren, plural indefinite matadorer)
Declension edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | matador | matadoren | matadorer | matadorerne |
genitive | matadors | matadorens | matadorers | matadorernes |
Proper noun edit
matador
- Monopoly (board game)
References edit
- “matador” in Den Danske Ordbog
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish matador.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
matador m (plural matadors)
Further reading edit
- “matador”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish matador.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
matador m pers
- matador (the person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | matador | matadorzy/matadory (deprecative) |
genitive | matadora | matadorów |
dative | matadorowi | matadorom |
accusative | matadora | matadorów |
instrumental | matadorem | matadorami |
locative | matadorze | matadorach |
vocative | matadorze | matadorzy |
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
matador (feminine matadora, masculine plural matadores, feminine plural matadoras)
- which kills
- (figurative) seductive
- olhar matador ― seductive look
Noun edit
matador m (plural matadores, feminine matadora, feminine plural matadoras)
- killer (someone who kills)
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
matador m (plural matadori)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
By surface analysis, matar (“kill”) + -dor (agent suffix). May correspond to Latin mactātōrem (“slayer, killer, slaughterer”), but the origin of the base verb matar is disputed.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -oɾ
Noun edit
matador m (plural matadores, feminine matadora, feminine plural matadoras)
- a slaughterer, a killer
- Synonym: asesino
- (bullfighting) matador, a featured bullfighter at a bullfight event
- Synonym: diestro
Descendants edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “matador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
matador c
- (bullfighting) a matador
Declension edit
Declension of matador | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | matador | matadoren | matadorer | matadorerna |
Genitive | matadors | matadorens | matadorers | matadorernas |
References edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish matador.
Noun edit
matador (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜇᜓᜇ᜔)
- a butcher
- (bullfighting) matador, a bullfighter