predador

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedātōrem, from praedor (“to acquire loot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.ðəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.ðaˈðoɾ]

Noun

predador m (plural predadors)

1. (ecology) predator

   Synonym: depredador

Related terms

• depredar
• predació
• presa

Further reading

• “predador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.dɐˈdoɾ/ [pɾɨ.ðɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.dɐˈdoɾ/ [pɾɨ.ðɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.dɐˈdo.ɾi/ [pɾɨ.ðɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: pre‧da‧dor

Noun

predador m (plural predadores, feminine predadora, feminine plural predadoras)

1. predator (animal that hunts and kills other animals)
2. predator (someone who attacks and plunders for gain)

Related terms

• predar
• predação

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin praedatorem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾedaˈdoɾ/ [pɾe.ð̞aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧da‧dor

Adjective

predador (feminine predadora, masculine plural predadores, feminine plural predadoras)

1. predatory

Noun

predador m (plural predadores)

1. predator (any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms)

Related terms

• predar

 

Further reading

• “predador”, 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