dorado

See also: Dorado

English

Etymology

From Spanish dorado, from the verb dorar (“gild, give a golden color”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəˈɹɑːdəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

dorado (plural dorados or doradoes)

1. A mahi-mahi or dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus), fish with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.

Synonyms

• dolphin, dolphinfish, mahi-mahi

Translations

mahi-mahi — see mahi-mahi

Anagrams

• Darood

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dorado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈɾado/ [d̪oˈɾ̪a.d̪o]
• Hyphenation: do‧ra‧do

Noun

dorado (Badlit spelling ᜇᜓᜇᜇᜓ)

1. any of several fishes
   1. mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus)
   2. greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili)
   3. blackbanded trevally (Seriolina nigrofasciata)
   4. any of the four recognized species of the genus Scomberoides
      1. needle-scaled queenfish (Scomberoides tol)
      2. barred queenfish (Scomberoides tala)
      3. doublespotted queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)
      4. talang queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianus)

   Synonym: lali

Adjective

dorado (Badlit spelling ᜇᜓᜇᜇᜓ)

1. plated; covered with plating, especially gold

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dorado.

Adjective

dorádo

1. gold, golden

Noun

dorádo

1. gilt
2. gold

Spanish

Etymology

From the verb dorar (“gild, give a golden color”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈɾado/ [d̪oˈɾa.ð̞o]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: do‧ra‧do

Adjective

dorado (feminine dorada, masculine plural dorados, feminine plural doradas)

1. golden

Derived terms

• carpa dorada
• carpín dorado
• chacal dorado
• edad dorada
• El Dorado
• garza dorada
• lluvia dorada
• palomita dorada
• pez dorado
• topo dorado

Noun

dorado m (plural dorados)

1. various species of golden-colored fish (though not usually the pet goldfish)
2. plating with gold

Descendants

• → Cebuano: dorado
• → English: dorado
• → Tagalog: dorado

Participle

dorado (feminine dorada, masculine plural dorados, feminine plural doradas)

1. past participle of dorar

Further reading

• “dorado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dorado. Doublet of dularo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /doˈɾado/ [d̪oˈɾaː.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: do‧ra‧do

Noun

dorado (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇᜇᜓ)

1. (zoology) leatherjacket fish (Oligoplites saurus)

   Synonyms: kassisung, lapis, pipikay, talang-talang, talipya, talupak, durado

2. (zoology) dolphinfish; mahi-mahi fish (Coryphaena hippurus)

See also

• lali

Adjective

dorado (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇᜇᜓ)

1. gold-plated; golden

   Synonym: ginintuan

Derived terms

• dinorado

Further reading

• “dorado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018