matador

== English == === Alternative forms === matadore (archaic) === 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) (bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight. (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. (card games) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat. (card games) One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === bullfighting bull ring picador tauromachy toreador === References === == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmatador] Hyphenation: me‧ta‧dor === Noun === matador m anim (female equivalent matadorka) (bullfighting) matador (the person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “matador”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “matador”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Etymology === From Spanish matador. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oːɐ̯ === Noun === matador c (singular definite matadoren, plural indefinite matadorer) matador (bullfighting) tycoon ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === matador 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) (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 matador (the person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “matador”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “matador”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) == 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) which kills (figurative) seductive olhar matador ― seductive look === Noun === matador m (plural matadores, feminine matadora, feminine plural matadoras) killer (someone who kills) === Further reading === “matador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “matador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French matador. === Noun === matador m (plural matadori) (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 === IPA(key): /mataˈdoɾ/ [ma.t̪aˈð̞oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: ma‧ta‧dor === Noun === matador m (plural matadores, feminine matadora, feminine plural matadoras) a slaughterer, a killer Synonym: asesino (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “matador”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 == Swedish == === Noun === matador c (bullfighting) a matador ==== Declension ==== === References === “matador”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “matador”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “matador”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish matador. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /mataˈdoɾ/ [mɐ.t̪ɐˈd̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: ma‧ta‧dor === Noun === matador (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜇᜓᜇ᜔) butcher Synonyms: matadero, magkakarne (bullfighting) matador; bullfighter Synonyms: toreador, torero === Further reading === “matador”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “matador”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018