emperador

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin imperātōrem.

Noun

emperador m (plural emperadores)

  1. emperor (ruler of an empire)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin imperātōrem. Documented since ca. 1280.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.pə.ɾəˈðo]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [em.pe.ɾaˈðoɾ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Noun

emperador m (plural emperadors, feminine emperadriu, feminine plural emperadrius)

  1. emperor

References

  • “emperador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Hiligaynon

Noun

emperadór

  1. emperor

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin imperātōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /emperaˈdoɾ/

Noun

emperador m (plural emperadores)

  1. emperor
    • (Can we date this quote?), Afonso Pais de Braga, Ai mia senhor, sempr’eu a Deus roguei [Oh my lady, always hav'I to God pleaded]‎[1]:
      E, se eu fosse emperador ou rei, era muito de mi avĩir assi de vós, sen[h]or, com’eu depois cuidei, e vejo ben que lazerarei i; mais non poss’eu meu coraçon forçar que non cuide com’el quiser cuidar.
      And, were I emperor or king, it would be great for that to come upon me, concerning you, lady, as I later thought, and I can see well that I shall suffer for that; but I cannot force my heart not to think whatever it may want to think.

Descendants

  • Galician: emperador
  • Portuguese: imperador

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin imperātōrem. Documented since 1107.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /emperaˈdoɾ/

Noun

emperador m (plural emperadores)

  1. emperor

Descendants

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pe.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.pe.ɾaˈdoh], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pe.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.pe.ɾaˈdoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pe.ɾaˈdoɾ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pe.ɾaˈdoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pe.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.pe.ɾaˈdoχ], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pe.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.pe.ɾaˈdoχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pe.ɾaˈdoɻ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pe.ɾaˈdoɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pɨ.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ẽ.pɨ.ɾɐˈðoɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pɨ.ɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ẽ.pɨ.ɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: em‧pe‧ra‧dor

Noun

emperador m (plural emperadores, feminine emperatriz, feminine plural emperatrizes)

  1. obsolete form of imperador

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish emperador, from Latin imperātōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /empeɾaˈdoɾ/ [ẽm.pe.ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧pe‧ra‧dor

Noun

emperador m (plural emperadores, feminine emperatriz or emperadora, feminine plural emperatrices or emperadoras)

  1. emperor
  2. swordfish

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish emperador.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔempeɾaˈdoɾ/ [ʔɛm.pɛ.ɾɐˈd̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧pe‧ra‧dor

Noun

emperadór (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. emperor
    Synonym: baginda

Further reading

  • emperador”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018