conquistador

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈkistədɔɹ/

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conquistador (plural conquistadors or conquistadores)

1. A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.kis.ta.dɔʁ/

conquistador m (plural conquistadors)

1. conquistador

conquistador m (plural conquistadores, feminine conquistadora, feminine plural conquistadoras)

1. conqueror (someone who conquers)
2. womanizer (habitual seducer of women)

From conquistar (“to conquer”) +‎ -dor.

• IPA^(key): /konkistaˈdoɾ/, [kõŋkist̪aˈðoɾ]

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conquistador (feminine singular conquistadora, masculine plural conquistadores, feminine plural conquistadoras)

1. conquering; winning

conquistador m (plural conquistadores, feminine conquistadora, feminine plural conquistadoras)

1. conqueror, conquistador
2. (figuratively) womanizer

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