matador
Portuguese, noun/ma.taˈdoʁ/
matador is spelled M-A-T-A-D-O-R (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matador is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “killer (someone who kills)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele ou aquilo que mata; assassino, homicida”.
What does matador mean in English?
adjective
- 1
which kills
- 2
seductive
olhar matador
noun
- 1
masculinekiller (someone who kills)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que mata ou causa a morte 2. que é muito efetivo 3. que é sedutor
noun: 1. aquele ou aquilo que mata; assassino, homicida
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.
Forms of matador
- matadora feminine
- matadores masculine plural
- matadoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matador?
- Brazil /ma.taˈdoʁ/
- Brazil [ma.taˈdoh]
- /ma.taˈdoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to matador
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matador in Portuguese?
matador appears 3.0 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).