gladiador
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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin gladiātor. By surface analysis, gladiar (“to gladiate”) + -dor.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Hyphenation: gla‧di‧a‧dor
Noun
gladiador m (plural gladiadores, feminine gladiadora, feminine plural gladiadoras)
- (Ancient Rome, historical) gladiator (one who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gladiātōrem.
Pronunciation
Noun
gladiador m (plural gladiadores, feminine gladiadora, feminine plural gladiadoras)
Further reading
- “gladiador”, 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