desertor

See also: desertør

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsertōrem, from Latin dēsertus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.zərˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.zeɾˈtoɾ]

Noun

desertor m (plural desertors, feminine desertora, feminine plural desertores)

1. deserter

Related terms

• desertar

Further reading

• “desertor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “desertor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “desertor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “desertor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

dēserō (“to abandon”) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈsɛr.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈs̬ɛr.tor]

Noun

dēsertor m (genitive dēsertōris); third declension

1. a deserter, one who abandons

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēsertor	dēsertōrēs
genitive	dēsertōris	dēsertōrum
dative	dēsertōrī	dēsertōribus
accusative	dēsertōrem	dēsertōrēs
ablative	dēsertōre	dēsertōribus
vocative	dēsertor	dēsertōrēs

Descendants

• French: déserteur
• → English: deserter

References

• “desertor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “desertor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēsertōrem, from Latin dēsertus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zeʁˈtoʁ/ [de.zehˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zeʁˈtoʁ/ [de.zehˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.zeɾˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.zeʁˈtoʁ/ [de.zeχˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zeɻˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɨɾˈtoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɨɾˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɨɾˈto.ɾi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [d͡zɾˈtoɾ]
• Hyphenation: de‧ser‧tor

Noun

desertor m (plural desertores, feminine desertora, feminine plural desertoras)

1. (military) deserter (person who leaves a military unit without permission)
2. (figuratively) someone who abandons a cause

Related terms

• desertar
• deserção
• deserto

Further reading

• “desertor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “desertor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin desertorem, from Latin desertus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deseɾˈtoɾ/ [d̪e.seɾˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: de‧ser‧tor

Noun

desertor m (plural desertores, feminine desertora, feminine plural desertoras)

1. deserter

   Synonyms: huido, tránsfuga, prófugo

Related terms

• deserción
• desertar
• desierto

Adjective

desertor (feminine desertora, masculine plural desertores, feminine plural desertoras)

1. deserting
   • 2024 February 20, Patricia Ortega Dolz, Rafa Burgos, “Un hombre acribillado a balazos en Alicante, identificado como un piloto ruso que desertó a Ucrania”, in El País‎:

     Budánov también explicó entonces que la inteligencia militar ucrania había logrado sacar de Rusia a la familia del piloto desertor, como recoge la agencia Efe.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “desertor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025