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7-letter words (1 found)

MATADOR,

5-letter words (8 found)

AMORT,AORTA,AROMA,DAMAR,DRAMA,MORAT,TARDO,TROAD,

4-letter words (31 found)

ATMA,ATOM,DART,DATA,DATO,DOAT,DORM,DORT,DRAM,DRAT,MAAR,MARA,MARD,MART,MOAT,MORA,MORT,ORAD,RATA,RATO,ROAD,ROAM,ROMA,ROTA,TARA,TARO,TOAD,TORA,TRAD,TRAM,TROD,

3-letter words (37 found)

ADO,AMA,ARD,ARM,ART,DAM,DOM,DOR,DOT,MAA,MAD,MAR,MAT,MOA,MOD,MOR,MOT,OAR,OAT,ODA,OMA,ORA,ORD,ORT,RAD,RAM,RAT,ROD,ROM,ROT,TAD,TAM,TAO,TAR,TOD,TOM,TOR,

2-letter words (14 found)

AA,AD,AM,AR,AT,DA,DO,MA,MO,OD,OM,OR,TA,TO,

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Definitions and meaning of matador

matador

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish matador (“killer”). Used in the English language as title for a bullfighter, however referred to as a torero in Spain.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈma.tə.dɔː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmæ.tə.dɔɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ætədɔː(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: mat‧a‧dor

Noun

matador (plural matadors or matadores, feminine matadora)

  1. (bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
  2. (uncountable) A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.
  3. (card games) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
  4. (card games) One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.

Translations

See also

  • bullfighting
  • bull ring
  • picador
  • tauromachy
  • toreador

References

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmatador]
  • Hyphenation: me‧ta‧dor

Noun

matador m anim (feminine matadorka)

  1. (bullfighting) matador (the person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight)

Declension

Further reading

  • matador in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • matador in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Spanish matador.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

matador c (singular definite matadoren, plural indefinite matadorer)

  1. matador (bullfighting)
  2. tycoon

Declension

Proper noun

matador

  1. Monopoly (board game)

References

  • “matador” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish matador.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ta.dɔʁ/

Noun

matador m (plural matadors)

  1. (bullfighting) matador

Further reading

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish matador.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈta.dɔr/
  • Rhymes: -adɔr
  • Syllabification: ma‧ta‧dor

Noun

matador m pers

  1. matador (the person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight)

Declension

Further reading

  • matador in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • matador in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From matar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧dor

Adjective

matador (feminine matadora, masculine plural matadores, feminine plural matadoras)

  1. which kills
  2. (figurative) seductive
    olhar matador ― seductive look

Noun

matador m (plural matadores, feminine matadora, feminine plural matadoras)

  1. killer (someone who kills)

Further reading

  • “matador” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French matador.

Noun

matador m (plural matadori)

  1. (bullfighting) matador

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

By surface analysis, matar (“kill”) +‎ -dor (agent suffix). May correspond to Latin mactātōrem (“slayer, killer, slaughterer”), but the origin of the base verb matar is disputed.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • IPA(key): /mataˈdoɾ/ [ma.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧ta‧dor

Noun

matador m (plural matadores, feminine matadora, feminine plural matadoras)

  1. a slaughterer, a killer
    Synonym: asesino
  2. (bullfighting) matador, a featured bullfighter at a bullfight event
    Synonym: diestro

Descendants

See also

  • picador
  • toreador

Further reading

  • “matador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

matador c

  1. (bullfighting) a matador

Declension

References

  • matador in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • matador in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • matador in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish matador.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /mataˈdoɾ/, [mɐ.tɐˈdoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧ta‧dor

Noun

matador (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. butcher
    Synonyms: matadero, magkakarne
  2. (bullfighting) matador; bullfighter
    Synonyms: toreador, torero

Further reading

  • “matador” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “matador”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Source: wiktionary.org