picador
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish picador (“stinger”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpɪkədɔː(ɹ)/
=== Noun ===
picador (plural picadors or picadores)
(bullfighting) A lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador.
==== Translations ====
=== Anagrams ===
caproid, carpoid, crapoid, parodic
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From picar + -dor.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Adjective ===
picador (feminine picadora, masculine plural picadors, feminine plural picadores)
biting, stinging
=== Noun ===
picador m (plural picadors)
battledore (stick for washing clothes)
Synonym: pala de rentar
(equestrianism) ring; riding school
=== Noun ===
picador m (plural picadors, feminine picadora, feminine plural picadores)
horsebreaker
miner
Synonym: picapedrer
(bullfighting) picador
=== Further reading ===
“picador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish picador.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /pi.ka.dɔʁ/
=== Noun ===
picador m (plural picadors)
(bullfighting) picador
=== Further reading ===
“picador”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French picador.
=== Noun ===
picador m (plural picadori)
picador
==== Declension ====
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From picar + -ador.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /pikaˈdoɾ/ [pi.kaˈð̞oɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: pi‧ca‧dor
=== Noun ===
picador m (plural picadores, feminine picadora, feminine plural picadoras)
someone who stabs or wounds
someone who cuts sugar-cane
(bullfighting) picador
=== Further reading ===
“picador”, 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