gladiador

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gladiātor. By surface analysis, gladiar (“to gladiate”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡla.d͡ʒi.aˈdoʁ/ [ɡla.d͡ʒɪ.aˈdoh], (faster pronunciation) /ɡla.d͡ʒjaˈdoʁ/ [ɡla.d͡ʒjaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡla.d͡ʒi.aˈdoʁ/ [ɡla.d͡ʒɪ.aˈdoh], (faster pronunciation) /ɡla.d͡ʒjaˈdoʁ/ [ɡla.d͡ʒjaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡla.d͡ʒi.aˈdoɾ/ [ɡla.d͡ʒɪ.aˈdoɾ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡla.d͡ʒjaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡla.d͡ʒi.aˈdoʁ/ [ɡla.d͡ʒɪ.aˈdoχ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡla.d͡ʒjaˈdoʁ/ [ɡla.d͡ʒjaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡla.d͡ʒi.aˈdoɻ/ [ɡla.d͡ʒɪ.aˈdoɻ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡla.d͡ʒjaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡlɐ.djɐˈdoɾ/ [ɡlɐ.ðjɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡlɐ.djɐˈdoɾ/ [ɡlɐ.ðjɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡlɐ.djɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ɡlɐ.ðjɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: gla‧di‧a‧dor

Noun

gladiador m (plural gladiadores, feminine gladiadora, feminine plural gladiadoras)

1. (Ancient Rome, historical) gladiator (one who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gladiātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡladjaˈdoɾ/ [ɡla.ð̞jaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: gla‧dia‧dor

Noun

gladiador m (plural gladiadores, feminine gladiadora, feminine plural gladiadoras)

1. gladiator

Further reading

• “gladiador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28