loitador

Galician
Aloitador

Alternative forms
  • aloitador

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese luytador (attested circa 1300), from Latin luctator, "wrestler". By surface analysis, loita +‎ -dor. Cognate with Portuguese lutador and Spanish luchador.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lojtaˈðoɾ/

Noun

loitador m (plural loitadores)

  1. fighter, wrestler
  2. a person who wrestles horses during the rapa das bestas

Adjective

loitador (feminine loitadora, masculine plural loitadores, feminine plural loitadoras)

  1. brave, bold

References
  • “luytador” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “luytador” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “loitador” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “loitador” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “loitador” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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