fundador

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fundātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fun.dəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fun.daˈðoɾ]
• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Adjective

fundador (feminine fundadora, masculine plural fundadors, feminine plural fundadores)

1. founding

Noun

fundador m (plural fundadors, feminine fundadora)

1. founder

Derived terms

• cofundador

Related terms

• fundar

Further reading

• “fundador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fundador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “fundador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fundador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fundātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.daˈdoʁ/ [fũ.daˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.daˈdoʁ/ [fũ.daˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fũ.daˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fũ.daˈdoʁ/ [fũ.daˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.daˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũ.dɐˈdoɾ/ [fũ.dɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũ.dɐˈdoɾ/ [fũ.dɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũ.dɐˈdo.ɾi/ [fũ.dɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: fun‧da‧dor

Noun

fundador m (plural fundadores, feminine fundadora, feminine plural fundadoras)

1. founder (one who founds, establishes)

Related terms

• fundar

Further reading

• “fundador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fundātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fundaˈdoɾ/ [fũn̪.d̪aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: fun‧da‧dor

Adjective

fundador (feminine fundadora, masculine plural fundadores, feminine plural fundadoras)

1. founding

Noun

fundador m (plural fundadores, feminine fundadora, feminine plural fundadoras)

1. founder

Related terms

• fundación
• fundar

Further reading

• “fundador”, 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