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Catalan
Etymology
From perdre + -dor.
Pronunciation
Adjective
perdedor (feminine perdedora, masculine plural perdedors, feminine plural perdedores)
- losing
- easy to lose, losable
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Noun
perdedor m (plural perdedors, feminine perdedora, feminine plural perdedores)
- loser (one who loses)
Further reading
- “perdedor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , April 2007
- “perdedor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “perdedor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “perdedor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From perder + -dor.
Adjective
perdedor (feminine perdedora, masculine plural perdedores, feminine plural perdedoras)
- losing
Noun
perdedor m (plural perdedores, feminine perdedora, feminine plural perdedoras)
- loser
- Antonym: gañador
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From perder + -dor.
Pronunciation
Noun
perdedor m (plural perdedores, feminine perdedora, feminine plural perdedoras)
- loser (person who fails to win)
- loser (someone with bad luck or poor skills who consistently loses)
- loser (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life)
- Synonym: fracassado
Adjective
perdedor (feminine perdedora, masculine plural perdedores, feminine plural perdedoras)
- losing (who loses, fails to win)
Spanish
Etymology
From perder (“to lose”) + -dor (“-er”, forming agent nouns).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɾdeˈdoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: per‧de‧dor
Adjective
perdedor (feminine perdedora, masculine plural perdedores, feminine plural perdedoras)
- losing
Noun
perdedor m (plural perdedores, feminine perdedora, feminine plural perdedoras)
- loser
- Antonyms: ganador, vencedor
- Soy un perdedor. ― I'm a loser.
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