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Suffix

-dor m ‎(plural -dors, feminine -dora)

1. Forms agent nouns and adjectives from verbs. The vowel of the infinitive kept, i.e. -ador, -edor, -idor.
2. Forms agent nouns from another noun associated with the action.

   e.g. llenya ‎(“firewood”) + ‎-dor → ‎llenyador ‎(“wood cutter”)

Derived terms

Related terms

• -triu

See also

• -er

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese -dor, from Latin -tor ‎(“-er”), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ˈdoɾ/, /ˈdoɹ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdoɾ/, /ˈdoɻ/

Suffix

-dor m ‎(feminine -dora, plural -dores, feminine plural -doras) (also, f -triz).

1. forms agent nouns from verbs; -er, -or

   matar ‎(“to kill”) + ‎-dor → ‎matador ‎(“killer”)

Derived terms

Spanish

Alternative forms

• -ador

Etymology

From Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s

Suffix

-dor m ‎(feminine -dora, plural -dores, feminine plural -doras)

1. Forming (usually agent) nouns and adjectives from verbs. The form used depends on the suffix of verb being appended: for -ar verbs use -ador (-adora), for -er verbs -edor (-edora), and for -ir verbs -idor (-idora).
2. Forming derivatives of other nouns:

   leña ‎(“firewood”) + ‎-dor → ‎leñador ‎(“wood cutter”)

Derived terms