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Meaning of "conquistador" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONQUISTADOR

From Spanish, from conquistar to conquer.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONQUISTADOR

conquistador  [kɒnˈkwɪstəˌdɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONQUISTADOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Conquistador is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONQUISTADOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

conquistador

Conquistador

Conquistadors /kɒŋˌkɪstəˈdɔrz/ were soldiers, explorers, and adventurers at the service of the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire. They sailed beyond Europe, conquering territory and opening trade routes. They colonized much of the world for Portugal and Spain in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries.

Definition of conquistador in the English dictionary

The definition of conquistador in the dictionary is an adventurer or conqueror, esp one of the Spanish conquerors of the New World in the 16th century.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONQUISTADOR


battledore
ˈbætəlˌdɔː
commodore
ˈkɒməˌdɔː
Corregidor
kəˈrɛɡɪˌdɔː
corridor
ˈkɒrɪˌdɔː
cuspidor
ˈkʌspɪˌdɔː
dumbledore
ˈdʌmbəlˌdɔː
Ecuador
ˈɛkwəˌdɔː
four-door
ˈfɔːˌdɔː
heliodor
ˈhiːlɪəʊˌdɔː
humidor
ˈhjuːmɪˌdɔː
indoor
ˈɪnˌdɔː
jackdaw
ˈdʒækˌdɔː
komondor
ˈkɒmənˌdɔː
Labrador
ˈlæbrəˌdɔː
picador
ˈpɪkəˌdɔː
roncador
ˈrɒŋkəˌdɔː
Salvador
ˈsælvəˌdɔː
stevedore
ˈstiːvɪˌdɔː
toreador
ˈtɒrɪəˌdɔː
windore
ˈwɪnˌdɔː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONQUISTADOR

conoscenti
conquer
conquerability
conquerable
conqueress
conquering
conqueringly
Conqueror
conquest
conquian
Conrad
Cons.
consanguine
consanguineous
consanguineously
consanguinity
conscience
conscience clause
conscience money
conscience-smitten

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONQUISTADOR

ambassador
campeador
chador
Coast of Labrador
comprador
El Cid Campeador
El Salvador
embassador
goodwill ambassador
matador
mirador
Mogador
Newfoundland and Labrador
parador
rejoneador
San Salvador

Synonyms and antonyms of conquistador in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «conquistador» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONQUISTADOR

Find out the translation of conquistador to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of conquistador from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «conquistador» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

征服者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

conquistador
570 millions of speakers

English

conquistador
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Conquistador
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفاتح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

конкистадор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conquistador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

conquistador
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

conquistador
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Conquistador
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Konquistador
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

征服者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정복자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Conquistador
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Conquistador
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெற்றியாளர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉन्क्विलास्तादोर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fatih
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

conquistador
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

konkwistador
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

конкістадор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Conquistador
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατακτητής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Conquistador
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

conquistador
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

conquistador
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of conquistador

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONQUISTADOR»

The term «conquistador» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.683 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONQUISTADOR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «conquistador» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «conquistador» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about conquistador

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONQUISTADOR»

Discover the use of conquistador in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to conquistador and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Conquistador
A new alternate history of America from the author of The Peshawar Lancers, the bestselling novel the Chicago Sun-Times called "a pleasure to read" and Harry Turtledove hailed as "first-rate adventure all the way." 1945: An ex-marine has ...
S. M. Stirling, 2003
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Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last ...
Conquistador is the story of a lost kingdom—a complex and sophisticated civilization where floating gardens, immense wealth, and reverence for art stood side by side with bloodstained temples and gruesome rites of human sacrifice.
Buddy Levy, 2008
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The Last Conquistador: Juan de Onate and the Settling of the ...
This book chronicles the life and frontier career of Don Juan de Oñate, the first colonizer of the old Spanish Borderlands.
Marc Simmons, 1993
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Barefoot Conquistador: Cabeza de Vaca and the Struggle for ...
Chronicles Cabeza de Vaca's journey to the New World in 1527, describing the disasters of the expedition and his seven-year stay among the Indians, first as a captive, then as a trader and healer.
Diana Childress, 2008
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The Conquistador: 1492-1550
Many accounts portray the conquest of the New World as a remarkable military achievement, with Cortes' vastly outnumbered but better armed Spaniards defeating hordes of superstitious savages.
John Pohl, 2012
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Hernan Cortes: The Life of a Spanish Conquistador
In graphic novel format, tells about the life of Hernan Cortes, Spanish conquistador, whose 1519 expedition led to the conquest of the Aztec Empire.
David West, Jackie Gaff, 2005
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Maya Conquistador
Details the conquest of Yucatan by the Mayas, not the Spaniards, through original Maya texts written from the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries
Matthew Restall, 1999
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The Last Conquistador: Mansio Serra de Leguizamón and the ...
This is the story of the truly amazing life of the last of the conquistadors, Mansio Serra de Leguizamon.
Stirling de Leguz̕amo Stirling, 1999
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The Body of the Conquistador
The. Body. of. the. Conquistador. This fascinating history explores the dynamic relationship between overseas colonisation and the bodily experience of eating. It reveals the importance of food to the colonial project in Spanish America and ...
Rebecca Earle, 2014
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Conquistador: A Novel
This prequel to Fernandez’s successful Café Con Leche takes the reader back to 1867, on the cold, dark, jagged Cantabrian coast of northern Spain, where young Paco Iglesias dreams of sunny tropical islands.
Jack Eugene Fernandez, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONQUISTADOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term conquistador is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why do rainforests matter? You asked Google – and here's the answer
A beleaguered conquistador, starving, fever-racked, and hallucinating, gazes at a butterfly perched serenely on his finger. In a surreal film ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
America's best tacos
Their made-from-scratch sauces are works of art, and their most popular taco, El Conquistador, is a perfect showcase for the house chile pasilla ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
3
Xuxa Santamaria: Dance at the Altar of Labor and Debt
And for the music video to "Conquistador," Billionair Rainbow's opening track, Còrdova was inspired by "durational art in the Seventies' feminist ... «East Bay Express, Jul 15»
4
The True History of Cozumel
The conquistador wrote, again in sworn testimony, “By this Jerónimo de Aguilar we were informed that there were other Spaniards in that ... «The Yucatan Times, Jul 15»
5
Manatee Planning Commission could recommend Lake Flores …
... to transform a swath of farmland south of Cortez Road, east of 86th Street West, north of El Conquistador Parkway and west of IMG Academy. «Bradenton Herald, Jul 15»
6
Ned Cantwell: Story of angry fiesta queen a reminder of past …
Who would have ever thought that a fiesta celebrating the arrival of explorer and conquistador Don Juan de Onate could spark such ... «Las Cruces Sun-News, Jul 15»
7
Greece: Is it all in the game theory?
Perhaps there's something the Greek government could have learnt from Hernan Cortes, the Spanish Conquistador, and the scuttling of his ... «RT, Jul 15»
8
The Chappell House adventure: Part II
However, he and archeologist Ned Jenkins are fairly confident that although Spanish Conquistador Hernando Desoto did not record the town's ... «Montgomery Advertiser, Jul 15»
9
Kia moves up a gear with the Sorento
The 4WD system is adapted from that used on the Sportage and while it might not make the Sorento a mountain-munching conquistador, ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
10
Tim Driscoll's Barhopping: Channeling Dashiell Hammett
Amanda had the house salad and a Conquistador cocktail. Since I was feeling a bit like Sam Spade, I ordered the Maltese Falcon, a cocktail ... «GazetteNET, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Conquistador [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/conquistador>. Apr 2024 ».
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