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Chavacano
Etymology
Inherited from Spanish traidor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾaiˈdoɾ/,
- Hyphenation: trai‧dor
Noun
traidor
- traitor
Adjective
traidor
- traitorous
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese traedor, from Latin trāditor, trāditorem (“traitor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾajˈdoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Hyphenation: trai‧dor
Adjective
traidor (feminine traidora, masculine plural traidores, feminine plural traidoras)
- traitorous (characteristic of a traitor)
- Synonym: traizoeiro
- which betrays (reveals unintentionally)
Derived terms
Noun
traidor m (plural traidores, feminine traidora, feminine plural traidoras)
- traitor (one who betrays)
- Synonym: traizoeiro
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “traidor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “traidor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “traidor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “traidor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “traidor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese traedor, from Latin trāditōrem (“traitor”), from trādō (“to give over”), from trāns (“across, beyond”) + dō (“to give”).
Pronunciation
Noun
traidor m (plural traidores, feminine traidora, feminine plural traidoras)
- traitor (one who betrays)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:traidor
Adjective
traidor (feminine traidora, masculine plural traidores, feminine plural traidoras)
- traitorous (characteristic of a traitor)
- Synonyms: aleivoso, desleal, enganador, mentiroso, pérfido, traiçoeiro
- Antonyms: fiel, franco, leal
- which betrays (reveals unintentionally)
- Synonym: revelador
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish traydor, traïdor, traedor, related to Old Spanish traer (“to betray”) and perhaps a semi-learned borrowing from Latin trāditōrem (“traitor, betrayer”) (the main evidence being its use with a hiatus -aï- in Berceo), from Latin trādō, trādere (“to hand over, abandon something”), from trāns (“across, beyond”) + dō (“to give”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾaiˈdoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: trai‧dor
Adjective
traidor (feminine traidora, masculine plural traidores, feminine plural traidoras)
- traitorous (characteristic of a traitor)
- Synonym: traicionero
- unpredictable
- Synonym: impredecible
Derived terms
Noun
traidor m (plural traidores, feminine traidora, feminine plural traidoras)
- traitor, betrayer, backstabber
- Synonyms: traicionero, alevoso
- (figuratively) snake
- Synonym: serpiente
Further reading
- Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1984) “dar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 426
- “traidor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Noun
traidór (feminine traidora, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜌ᜔ᜇᜓᜇ᜔ or ᜆ᜔ᜇᜁᜇᜓᜇ᜔)
- Alternative form of traydor
Derived terms
Adjective
traidór (feminine traidora, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜌ᜔ᜇᜓᜇ᜔ or ᜆ᜔ᜇᜁᜇᜓᜇ᜔)
- Alternative form of traydor
Further reading
- “traidor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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