lisonjeador
Spanish
FWOTD – 20 September 2012
Etymology
From lisonjear (“to flatter”) + -dor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lisonxeaˈdoɾ/ [li.sõŋ.xe.aˈð̞oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: li‧son‧je‧a‧dor
Adjective
lisonjeador (feminine lisonjeadora, masculine plural lisonjeadores, feminine plural lisonjeadoras)
- flattering
- Synonym: lisonjero
Noun
lisonjeador m (plural lisonjeadores, feminine lisonjeadora, feminine plural lisonjeadoras)
- flatterer
- Synonym: lisonjero
- 1969, Juan B. Bergua, La Grecia Clásica[1], Ediciones Ibéricas y L.C.L., page 221:
- Se puede definir la lisonja como un comercio vergonzoso, pero que aprovecha al lisonjeador (130).
- Flattery can be defined as a shameful trade, but one that is advantageous to the flatterer (130).
Related terms
Further reading
- “lisonjeador”, 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