el
masculine
/tɾaiˈðoɾ/
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Translation
traitor (male)
Word origin
From Latin traditor ('one who hands over, betrayer'), from tradere ('to hand over, to deliver'), from trans ('across') plus dare ('to give'). The same root gives English 'traitor' and 'tradition'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- traditor
- English cognates
- traitor, tradition
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluraltraidores
Examples
revelar .
They called him a traitor for revealing the secret.
, .
In the film, the traitor hands the plan to the enemy.
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Nobody trusts a traitor.
¡ ! verte.
You are a traitor! I do not want to see you again.
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The king punished the traitors of the kingdom.
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