opositor

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.pu.ziˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.po.ziˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [o.po.ziˈtoɾ]
• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Adjective

opositor (feminine opositora, masculine plural opositors, feminine plural opositores)

1. opposition, opposing

Noun

opositor m (plural opositors, feminine opositora)

1. opponent

Spanish

Etymology

From oposición.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oposiˈtoɾ/ [o.po.siˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: o‧po‧si‧tor

Adjective

opositor (feminine opositora, masculine plural opositores, feminine plural opositoras)

1. opposition, opposing

Noun

opositor m (plural opositores, feminine opositora, feminine plural opositoras)

1. opponent

   Synonym: oponente

2. oppositionist
   • 2021 January 17, María R. Sahuquillo, “El opositor ruso Navalni, detenido poco después de aterrizar en Moscú”, in El País‎^[1], retrieved 2021-01-18:

     Las amenazas se han cumplido. Nada más poner un pie en Rusia, las autoridades han detenido este domingo al destacado opositor Alexéi Navalni en el aeropuerto en el que ha aterrizado.

     The threats have been fulfilled. As soon as he set foot in Russia, the authorities arrested prominent opposition figure Alexei Navalny this Sunday at the airport where he landed.

3. (Spain) a person who will be taking the civil service entrance examination in order to get a job in the public sector, typically describing someone who's studying full-time by themselves in preparation for the exam; an applicant for a public sector job; a candidate for a public sector job

Further reading

• “opositor”, 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