matadora

English

Etymology

From Spanish matadora.

Noun

matadora (plural matadoras)

1. A female matador.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.taˈdo.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.taˈdo.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.taˈdo.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.tɐˈdo.ɾɐ/ [mɐ.tɐˈðo.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧do‧ra

Adjective

matadora

1. feminine singular of matador

Noun

matadora f (plural matadoras)

1. female equivalent of matador

Further reading

• “matadora”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mataˈdoɾa/ [ma.t̪aˈð̞o.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: ma‧ta‧do‧ra

Noun

matadora f (plural matadoras)

1. female equivalent of matador (“killer”)

Further reading

• “matador”, 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