orador

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōrātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.ɾəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.ɾəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [o.ɾaˈðoɾ]
• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Noun

orador m (plural oradors, feminine oradora)

1. orator

Related terms

• oratori

Further reading

• “orador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “orador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “orador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “orador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ōrātōrem.

Noun

orador m (plural oradores, feminine oradora, feminine plural oradoras)

1. orator

Related terms

• oratorio

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ōrātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [o.ɾaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [o.ɾaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /o.ɾaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [o.ɾaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ɔ.ɾɐˈðoɾ], /o.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [o.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ɔ.ɾɐˈðoɾ], /o.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [o.ɾɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ɔ.ɾɐˈðo.ɾi], /o.ɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [o.ɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Rhymes: -oʁ, -oɾ
• Hyphenation: o‧ra‧dor

Noun

orador m (plural oradores, feminine oradora, feminine plural oradoras)

1. orator; speaker (one who makes a speech to an audience)
2. prayer (one who prays)

   Synonym: rezador

Related terms

• oração
• orar
• oratório

 

Further reading

• “orador” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “orador” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “orador” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “orador” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “orador” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “orador” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ōrātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾaˈdoɾ/ [o.ɾaˈð̞oɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: o‧ra‧dor

Noun

orador m (plural oradores, feminine oradora, feminine plural oradoras)

1. speaker (public speaker)

   Hyponyms: orador invitado (“guest speaker”), orador principal (“keynote speaker, main speaker”), orador motivacional (“motivational speaker”)

2. orator

Related terms

• oración
• orar
• oratorio

 

Further reading

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