gladiador
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin gladiātor. By surface analysis, gladiar (“to gladiate”) + -dor.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -oɾ
Hyphenation: gla‧di‧a‧dor
=== Noun ===
gladiador m (plural gladiadores, feminine gladiadora, feminine plural gladiadoras)
(Ancient Rome, historical) gladiator (one who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal)
=== Further reading ===
“gladiador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“gladiador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin gladiātōrem.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡladjaˈdoɾ/ [ɡla.ð̞jaˈð̞oɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: gla‧dia‧dor
=== Noun ===
gladiador m (plural gladiadores, feminine gladiadora, feminine plural gladiadoras)
gladiator
=== Further reading ===
“gladiador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025