"matador" meaning in Spanish

See matador in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mataˈdoɾ/, [ma.t̪aˈð̞oɾ] Forms: matadores [plural], matadora [feminine], matadoras [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -oɾ, -oɾ Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{surf|es|matar|-dor|pos2=agent suffix|t1=kill}} By surface analysis, matar (“kill”) + -dor (agent suffix), {{inh|es|la|mactator|mactātōrem|t=slayer, killer, slaughterer}} Latin mactātōrem (“slayer, killer, slaughterer”) Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} matador m (plural matadores, feminine matadora, feminine plural matadoras)
  1. a slaughterer, a killer Tags: masculine Synonyms: asesino
    Sense id: en-matador-es-noun-qqh0sZqd
  2. (bullfighting) matador, a featured bullfighter at a bullfight event Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Bullfighting, People Synonyms: diestro
    Sense id: en-matador-es-noun-RXFhIicp Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -dor Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -dor: 12 88 Topics: bullfighting, entertainment, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: picador, toreador

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "matador",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: matador",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: matador"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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          "expansion": "→ English: matador",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: matador"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: matador",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: matador"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Matador",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Matador",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Matador"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "ماتادور",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mâtâdor"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: ماتادور (mâtâdor)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: ماتادور (mâtâdor)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "матадор",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: матадор (matador)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: матадор (matador)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: matador",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: matador"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "matador",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: matador",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: matador"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "surf"
    },
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "mactator",
        "4": "mactātōrem",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "matadores",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matadora",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matadoras",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ma‧ta‧dor"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "picador"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "toreador"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "a slaughterer, a killer"
      ],
      "id": "en-matador-es-noun-qqh0sZqd",
      "links": [
        [
          "slaughterer",
          "slaughterer"
        ],
        [
          "killer",
          "killer"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "asesino"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Bullfighting",
          "orig": "es:Bullfighting",
          "parents": [
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
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          "name": "Spanish terms suffixed with -dor",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
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          "langcode": "es",
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          "orig": "es:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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        "matador, a featured bullfighter at a bullfight event"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "bullfighting",
          "bullfighting"
        ],
        [
          "matador",
          "matador#English"
        ],
        [
          "bullfighter",
          "bullfighter"
        ],
        [
          "bullfight",
          "bullfight"
        ]
      ],
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        "(bullfighting) matador, a featured bullfighter at a bullfight event"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "diestro"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bullfighting",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-oɾ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mataˈdoɾ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oɾ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matador"
}
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    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
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    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "es:People",
    "tl:Occupations",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: matador",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: matador"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "matador",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: matador"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "matador",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: matador",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: matador"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Matador",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Matador",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Matador"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "ماتادور",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mâtâdor"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: ماتادور (mâtâdor)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: ماتادور (mâtâdor)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "матадор",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: матадор (matador)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: матадор (matador)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "matador",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: matador",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: matador"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "matador",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: matador",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: matador"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "matar",
        "3": "-dor",
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      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, matar (“kill”) + -dor (agent suffix)",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mactator",
        "4": "mactātōrem",
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin mactātōrem (“slayer, killer, slaughterer”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "matadores",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matadora",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matadoras",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "matador m (plural matadores, feminine matadora, feminine plural matadoras)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ma‧ta‧dor"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "picador"
    },
    {
      "word": "toreador"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a slaughterer, a killer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slaughterer",
          "slaughterer"
        ],
        [
          "killer",
          "killer"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "asesino"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "es:Bullfighting"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "matador, a featured bullfighter at a bullfight event"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bullfighting",
          "bullfighting"
        ],
        [
          "matador",
          "matador#English"
        ],
        [
          "bullfighter",
          "bullfighter"
        ],
        [
          "bullfight",
          "bullfight"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(bullfighting) matador, a featured bullfighter at a bullfight event"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "diestro"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bullfighting",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-oɾ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mataˈdoɾ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oɾ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matador"
}

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