comprador

English

Etymology

From Portuguese comprador (“buyer”), from Late Latin comparator, from Latin comparō (“I buy”), from con- (“with”) + paro (“I furnish”).

In Far East, originally applied to native servants in European households, later to native managers in European businesses.

Pronunciation

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /kɒm.pɹəˈdɔɹ/
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /kɒm.pɹəˈdɔː/
• Hyphenation: com‧pra‧dor

Noun

comprador (plural compradors)

1. An intermediary.
2. A native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser.
3. (nautical) A ship's chandler in the Far East.

Derived terms

• comprador bourgeoisie

Translations

intermediary — see intermediary

native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 買辦／买办 (zh) (mǎibàn)

• Finnish: kollaboraattori (fi)
• Japanese: 買弁 (baiben)

Catalan

Etymology

From comprar +‎ -dor, or from Late Latin compāratōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kum.pɾəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kom.pɾəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kom.pɾaˈðoɾ]

Noun

comprador m (plural compradors, feminine compradora)

1. buyer

Further reading

• “comprador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “comprador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “comprador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “comprador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From comprar +‎ -dor, or from Late Latin compāratōrem, from Latin compārō.

Noun

comprador m (plural compradores, feminine compradora, feminine plural compradoras)

1. buyer

Further reading

• “comprador”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

From comprar +‎ -dor, or from Late Latin compārātōrem, from Latin compārō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɾaˈdoʁ/ [kõ.pɾaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɾaˈdoʁ/ [kõ.pɾaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɾaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɾaˈdoʁ/ [kõ.pɾaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɾaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɾɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.pɾɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɾɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.pɾɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [kõ.pɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Rhymes: -oʁ, -oɾ
• Hyphenation: com‧pra‧dor

Noun

comprador m (plural compradores, feminine compradora, feminine plural compradoras)

1. buyer (person who makes purchases)
2. customer

   Synonyms: cliente, freguês

Related terms

• comprar, compra, comprável

Descendants

• Macanese: compradô
• → English: comprador

Spanish

Etymology

From comprar +‎ -dor, or from Late Latin compāratōrem, from Latin compārō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompɾaˈdoɾ/ [kõm.pɾaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: com‧pra‧dor

Adjective

comprador (feminine compradora, masculine plural compradores, feminine plural compradoras)

1. buying

Noun

comprador m (plural compradores, feminine compradora, feminine plural compradoras)

1. buyer

Related terms

• comprar

 

Further reading

• “comprador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014