conquistador

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.

• IPA^(key): (General American) /kənˈkistədɔɹ/, /kənˈkwɪstədɔɹ/

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conquistador (plural conquistadors or conquistadores)

1. A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.

From conquistar +‎ -dor.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuŋ.kis.təˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koŋ.kis.təˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koŋ.kis.taˈðoɾ]

conquistador m (plural conquistadors, feminine conquistadora, feminine plural conquistadores)

1. (historical) conquistador
2. conqueror

   Synonym: conqueridor

   conquistador de dones ― lady-killer

• “conquistador”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.kis.ta.dɔʁ/

conquistador m (plural conquistadors)

1. conquistador

• “conquistador”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish conquistador (“conquistador”, literally “conqueror”).

conquistador (plural conquistador-conquistador)

1. (historical) conquistador

• “conquistador” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From conquistar +‎ -dor.

• Hyphenation: con‧quis‧ta‧dor

conquistador m (plural conquistadores, feminine conquistadora, feminine plural conquistadoras)

1. conqueror (someone who conquers)
2. womanizer (habitual seducer of women)

conquistador (feminine conquistadora, masculine plural conquistadores, feminine plural conquistadoras, comparable, comparative mais conquistador, superlative o mais conquistador or conquistadoríssimo)

1. conquering
2. winning

From conquistar (“to conquer”) +‎ -dor.

• IPA^(key): /konkistaˈdoɾ/ [kõŋ.kis.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: con‧quis‧ta‧dor

conquistador (feminine conquistadora, masculine plural conquistadores, feminine plural conquistadoras)

1. conquering; winning

conquistador m (plural conquistadores, feminine conquistadora, feminine plural conquistadoras)

1. conqueror, conquistador
2. (figuratively) womanizer

• “conquistador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador. Attested since 1845.

conquistador c

1. (historical) a conquistador

• conquistador in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• conquistador in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)