different between conquistador vs conquistadora

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?kist?d??/

Noun

conquistador (plural conquistadors or conquistadores)

1. A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.kis.ta.d??/

Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadors)

1. conquistador

Portuguese

Noun

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

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konkista?do?/, [kõ?.kis.t?a?ð?o?]

Adjective

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

1. conquering; winning

Noun

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

1. conqueror, conquistador
2. (figuratively) womanizer

Related terms

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Spanish.

Noun

conquistadora (plural conquistadoras)

1. a female conquistador

Portuguese

Noun

conquistadora f (plural conquistadoras)

1. female equivalent of conquistador

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konkista?do?a/, [kõ?.kis.t?a?ð?o.?a]

Adjective

conquistadora

1. feminine singular of conquistador

Noun

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

1. female equivalent of conquistador