pecador

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin peccātōrem. By surface analysis, pecar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.kəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pe.kaˈðoɾ]
• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Noun

pecador m (plural pecadors, feminine pecadora)

1. sinner (person who sins)

Further reading

• “pecador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pecador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pecador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pecador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pecador, from Latin peccātōrem.

Adjective

pecador (feminine pecadora, masculine plural pecadores, feminine plural pecadoras)

1. sinful

Noun

pecador m (plural pecadores, feminine pecadora, feminine plural pecadoras)

1. sinner

Related terms

• pecar

Further reading

• “pecador”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pecador, from Latin peccātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.kaˈdoʁ/ [pe.kaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.kaˈdoʁ/ [pe.kaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pe.kaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pe.kaˈdoʁ/ [pe.kaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.kaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.kɐˈdoɾ/ [pɨ.kɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.kɐˈdoɾ/ [pɨ.kɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.kɐˈdo.ɾi/ [pɨ.kɐˈðo.ɾi]

Noun

pecador m (plural pecadores, feminine pecadora, feminine plural pecadoras)

1. sinner (person who sins)

Adjective

pecador (feminine pecadora, masculine plural pecadores, feminine plural pecadoras)

1. who sins

Related terms

• pecado
• pecar

 

Further reading

• “pecador” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pecador, peccador, borrowed from Latin peccātōrem. By surface analysis, pecar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pekaˈdoɾ/ [pe.kaˈð̞oɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧ca‧dor

Adjective

pecador (feminine pecadora, masculine plural pecadores, feminine plural pecadoras)

1. sinful

   Synonym: pecante

Noun

pecador m (plural pecadores, feminine pecadora, feminine plural pecadoras)

1. sinner

Derived terms

• la noche es capa de pecadores
• pagar justos por pecadores

 

Related terms

• pecado
• pecar

 

Further reading

• “pecador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014