comprador
English
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Late Latin comparator, from Latin comparō (“I buy”), from con- (“with”) + paro (“I furnish”).
In Far East, originally applied to native servants in European households, later to native managers in European businesses.[1]
Pronunciation
- (rhotic) IPA(key): /kɒm.pɹəˈdɔɹ/
- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /kɒm.pɹəˈdɔː/
- Hyphenation: com‧pra‧dor
Noun
comprador (plural compradors)
Derived terms
Translations
References
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). “Comprador”. Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Catalan
Etymology
From comprar + -dor, or from Late Latin compāratōrem.
Pronunciation
Further reading
- “comprador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “comprador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “comprador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “comprador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From comprar + -dor, or from Late Latin compāratōrem, from Latin compārō.
Further reading
- “comprador” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology
From comprar + -dor, or from Late Latin compārātōrem, from Latin compārō.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.pɾaˈdoʁ/ [kõ.pɾaˈdoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.pɾaˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.pɾaˈdoʁ/ [kõ.pɾaˈdoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.pɾaˈdoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.pɾɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.pɾɐˈðoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oʁ, -oɾ
- Hyphenation: com‧pra‧dor
Noun
comprador m (plural compradores, feminine compradora, feminine plural compradoras)
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Spanish
Etymology
From comprar + -dor, or from Late Latin compāratōrem, from Latin compārō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kompɾaˈdoɾ/ [kõm.pɾaˈð̞oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: com‧pra‧dor
Adjective
comprador (feminine compradora, masculine plural compradores, feminine plural compradoras)
Related terms
Further reading
- “comprador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014