dorado

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English

Etymology

From Spanish dorado, from the verb dorar (“gild, give a golden color”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dorado (plural dorados or doradoes)

  1. A mahi-mahi or dolphin (Coryphaena hippurus), fish with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dorado.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: do‧ra‧do

Noun

dorado

  1. any of several fishes
    1. mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus)
    2. greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili)
    3. blackbanded trevally (Seriolina nigrofasciata)
    4. any of the four recognized species of the genus Scomberoides
      1. needle-scaled queenfish (Scomberoides tol)
      2. barred queenfish (Scomberoides tala)
      3. doublespotted queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)
      4. talang queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianus)

Adjective

dorado

  1. plated; covered with plating, especially gold

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dorado.

Adjective

dorádo

  1. gold, golden

Noun

dorádo

  1. gilt
  2. gold

Spanish

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Etymology

From the verb dorar (“gild, give a golden color”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doˈɾado/
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  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: do‧ra‧do

Adjective

dorado (feminine dorada, masculine plural dorados, feminine plural doradas)

  1. golden

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Noun

dorado m (plural dorados)

  1. various species of golden-colored fish (though not usually the pet goldfish)
  2. plating with gold

Descendants

  • → English: dorado

Participle

dorado (feminine dorada, masculine plural dorados, feminine plural doradas)

  1. past participle of dorar

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dorado.

Pronunciation

Noun

dorado (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇᜇᜓ)

  1. (zoology) leatherjacket fish (Oligoplites saurus)
    Synonyms: kassisung, lapis, pipikay, talang-talang, talipya, talupak
  2. (zoology) dolphinfish; mahi-mahi fish (Coryphaena hippurus)

Adjective

dorado (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇᜇᜓ)

  1. gold-plated; golden

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “dorado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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