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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cēlātor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θelaˈdoɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /selaˈdoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: ce‧la‧dor
Adjective
celador (feminine celadora, masculine plural celadores, feminine plural celadoras)
- watching
Noun
celador m (plural celadores, feminine celadora, feminine plural celadoras)
- watchman, porter
- Synonym: guardián
1917, Baldomero Lillo Figueroa, “El registro”, in Sub Terra:Mas, ahora venía lo difícil. Ir hasta el pueblo, efectuar la compra y luego volverse sin despertar las sospechas de los celadores, que como Argos con cien ojos vigilaban las idas y venidas de las gentes.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2020 December 10, “Una celadora es la cuarta víctima del Covid entre sanitarios de Córdoba”, in La Vanguardia, retrieved 2021-03-15:El Hospital Comarcal Infanta Margarita de Cabra (Córdoba) ha registrado la primera muerte por Covid-19 entre su personal con el fallecimiento de la celadora Antonia Juan Jimémez, de 59 años, cuya muerte se suma así a las otras tres registradas entre el personal sanitario en la provincia desde el inicio de la pandemia de coronavirus.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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