jogador

Occitan

Etymology

jogar (“to play”) +‎ -dor

Noun

jogador m (plural jogadors)

1. player (one who plays any game or sport)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒo.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [ʒo.ɡaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒo.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [ʒo.ɡaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʒo.ɡaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒo.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [ʒo.ɡaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒo.ɡaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒu.ɡɐˈdoɾ/ [ʒu.ɣɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒu.ɡɐˈdoɾ/ [ʒu.ɣɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒu.ɡɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ʒu.ɣɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Homophone: jugador (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: jo‧ga‧dor

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese jogador, from jogar +‎ -dor.

Noun

jogador m (plural jogadores, feminine jogadora, feminine plural jogadoras)

1. player (one who plays any game)
   1. player, gamer (one who plays a videogame)

      Synonyms: gamer, videojogador

   2. player (one who plays a sport)

      Synonyms: desportista, esportista

2. gambling addict

   Synonym: apostador

Derived terms

• multijogador

 

Related terms

• jogada
• jogar
• jogatina
• jogo
• joguete
• joguetear

Etymology 2

From jogar (“to throw; to hurl”) +‎ -dor, from Latin iaciō (“to throw; to hurl”).

Noun

jogador m (plural jogadores, feminine jogadora, feminine plural jogadoras)

1. (Brazil) thrower (one who throws)

   Synonyms: arremessador, atirador, lançador

Related terms

• jogada
• jogado
• jogar