-dora
Portuguese, suffix/ˈdo.ɾɐ/
-dora is spelled D-O-R-A (4 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,278th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -dora is a Portuguese feminine suffix meaning “female equivalent of -dor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sufixo utilizado na formação de substantivos derivados de verbos; e.g. seguradora”.
What does -dora mean in English?
suffix
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of -dor
suffix
- 1
femininefeminine singular of -dor
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prenome feminino
noun: 1. espécie de sorgo ou de milho da Índia
suffix: 1. sufixo utilizado na formação de substantivos derivados de verbos; e.g. seguradora
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce -dora?
- Brazil /ˈdo.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /ˈdo.ɾɐ/
- /ˈdorɜ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is -dora in Portuguese?
-dora appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).