# conquistador
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /kənˈkistədɔɹ/, IPA: /kənˈkwɪstədɔɹ/
* Audio (Northern California):(file)

### Noun

conquistador (plural conquistadors or conquistadores)
* A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.

#### Derived terms

* conquistadorial

## Catalan
### Etymology

From conquistar +‎ -dor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kuŋ.kis.təˈðo]
* IPA: (Balearic) [koŋ.kis.təˈðo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [koŋ.kis.taˈðoɾ]

### Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadors, feminine conquistadora)
* (historical) conquistador
* conqueror
    Synonym: conqueridor
    conquistador de dones ― lady-killer

### Further reading

* “conquistador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̃.kis.ta.dɔʁ/

### Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadors)
* conquistador

### Further reading

* “conquistador”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish conquistador (“conquistador”, literally “conqueror”).

### Noun

conquistador (plural conquistador-conquistador)
* (historical) conquistador

### Further reading

* “conquistador” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From conquistar +‎ -dor.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.kis.taˈdoʁ/ [kõ.kis.taˈdoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.kis.taˈdoʁ/ [kõ.kis.taˈdoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.kis.taˈdoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.kiʃ.taˈdoʁ/ [kõ.kiʃ.taˈdoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.kis.taˈdoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.kiʃ.tɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.kiʃ.tɐˈðoɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.kiʃ.tɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.kiʃ.tɐˈðoɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.kiʃ.tɐˈdo.ɾi/ [kõ.kiʃ.tɐˈðo.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: con‧quis‧ta‧dor

### Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadores, feminine conquistadora, feminine plural conquistadoras)
* conqueror (someone who conquers)
* womanizer (habitual seducer of women)

### Adjective

conquistador (feminine conquistadora, masculine plural conquistadores, feminine plural conquistadoras, comparable, comparative mais conquistador, superlative o mais conquistador or conquistadoríssimo)
* conquering
* winning

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konkistaˈdoɾ/ [kõŋ.kis.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
* Audio (Chile):(file)
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: con‧quis‧ta‧dor

### Adjective

conquistador (feminine conquistadora, masculine plural conquistadores, feminine plural conquistadoras)
* conquering; winning

### Noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadores, feminine conquistadora, feminine plural conquistadoras)
* conqueror, conquistador
* (figuratively) womanizer

#### Related terms

* conquista
* conquistar

### Further reading

* “conquistador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish conquistador. Attested since 1845.

### Noun

conquistador c
* (historical) a conquistador

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | conquistador | conquistadors |
| singular | definite | conquistadoren | conquistadorens |
| plural | indefinite | conquistadorer | conquistadorers |
| plural | definite | conquistadorerna | conquistadorernas |

### References

* conquistador in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* conquistador in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)