zarpador

Galician

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θaɾpaˈdoɾ/ [θaɾ.paˈð̞oɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /θaɾpaˈdoɾ/ [θaɾ.paˈð̞oɾ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /saɾpaˈdoɾ/ [saɾ.paˈð̞oɾ]

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: zar‧pa‧dor

Noun

zarpador m (plural zarpadores)

1. (military) sapper (soldier responsible for digging underground galleries)

Further reading

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zarpador”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega