-ador
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ador m (noun-forming suffix, plural -adors, feminine -adora, feminine plural -adores)
- forms agent nouns and adjectives from 1st conjugation verbs
Spanish
Etymology
From -dor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈdoɾ/ [aˈð̞oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: -a‧dor
Suffix
-ador m (noun-forming suffix, plural -adores, feminine -adora, feminine plural -adoras)
-ador (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -adora, masculine plural -adores, feminine plural -adoras)
- form of -dor attached to -ar verb stems; forms (usually agent) nouns and adjectives
- organizar (“to organize”) + -ador → organizador (“organizer”)
Derived terms
Spanish terms suffixed with -ador
Further reading
- “-ador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024