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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēsertōrem, from Latin dēsertus.
Pronunciation
Noun
desertor m (plural desertors, feminine desertora)
- deserter
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
dēserō (“to abandon”) + -tor
Pronunciation
Noun
dēsertor m (genitive dēsertōris); third declension
- a deserter, one who abandons
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “desertor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “desertor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēsertōrem, from Latin dēsertus.
Pronunciation
Noun
desertor m (plural desertores, feminine desertora, feminine plural desertoras)
- (military) deserter (person who leaves a military unit without permission)
- (figuratively) someone who abandons a cause
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin desertorem, from Latin desertus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deseɾˈtoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: de‧ser‧tor
Noun
desertor m (plural desertores, feminine desertora, feminine plural desertoras)
- deserter
- Synonyms: huido, tránsfuga, prófugo
Adjective
desertor (feminine desertora, masculine plural desertores, feminine plural desertoras)
- deserting
2024 February 20, Patricia Ortega Dolz, Rafa Burgos, “Un hombre acribillado a balazos en Alicante, identificado como un piloto ruso que desertó a Ucrania”, in El País:Budánov también explicó entonces que la inteligencia militar ucrania había logrado sacar de Rusia a la familia del piloto desertor, como recoge la agencia Efe.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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