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masculine

/lutʃaˈðoɾ/

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Translation

fighter, wrestler

Word origin

From luchar ('to fight, to wrestle'), from Latin luctari ('to wrestle, to struggle'), with the agent suffix -dor. The same Latin root gives English 'reluctant'.

Origin: Latin
Root: luctari
English cognates: reluctant

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralluchadores

Examples

The fighter won the bout in the final round.

ring .

The wrestlers stepped into the ring amid applause.

luchadora .

My grandmother was a fighter all her life.

rinde.

He has a fighting spirit that never gives up.

¿ ?

Who is your favourite wrestler?

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This word is part of lesson 58.