peccador

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• pecador (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Latin peccātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pekaˈdoɾ/

Noun

peccador m (plural peccadores, feminine singular peccadora, feminine plural peccadoras)

1. sinner
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2r:

     […] Quiçab. ha .L. iuſtos en eſta uilla e pues matar los as. E non parçiras allogar por los .L. iuſtos. Por fer eſta coſa uedado ſea ati. de matar el iuſto por el peccador. Nõ ſe juez en toda la tierra q̃ fẏzies eſte iudizio.

     “ […] Perhaps there are fifty righteous in this city and thus you would kill them. Will you not spare the place for the fifty righteous? To do such a thing is far from you; to kill the righteous because of the sinner. I know not of a judge on earth who would make such a judgment”.

   • Idem, f. 14v.

     embio pharaon amoẏſen ⁊ aaron. E dixo les peq̃ eſta uez el criador es iuſto. ⁊ ẏo e mio pueblo ſomos peccadores. […]

     Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said, “This time I have sinned against you, and the Creator is just, and my people and I are sinners. […] ”

Related terms

• peccado
• peccar

Descendants

• Spanish: pecador