adulador

See also: aduladôr

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adūlātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ðu.ləˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ðu.laˈðoɾ]

Noun

adulador m (plural aduladors, feminine aduladora)

1. flatterer (one who flatters)

   Synonym: llagoter

Related terms

• adular

Further reading

• “adulador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adūlātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.du.laˈdoʁ/ [a.du.laˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.du.laˈdoʁ/ [a.du.laˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.du.laˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.du.laˈdoʁ/ [a.du.laˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.du.laˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.du.lɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐ.ðu.lɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.du.lɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐ.ðu.lɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.du.lɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðu.lɐˈðo.ɾi]

Noun

adulador m (plural aduladores, feminine aduladora, feminine plural aduladoras)

1. flatterer (one who flatters)

   Synonyms: bajulador, lambe-botas, puxa-saco, paga-pau

Related terms

• adular

Further reading

• “adulador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adūlātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adulaˈdoɾ/ [a.ð̞u.laˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧du‧la‧dor

Noun

adulador m (plural aduladores, feminine aduladora, feminine plural aduladoras)

1. flatterer, adulator, sycophant

Related terms

• adular

Further reading

• “adulador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adulador, from Latin adūlātōrem.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔadulaˈdoɾ/ [ʔɐ.d̪ʊ.lɐˈd̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧du‧la‧dor

Noun

aduladór (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜎᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

1. adulator; flatterer

   Synonym: mamumuri

Related terms

• adulasyon
• adulatoryo

See also

• admirador
• tagahanga

Further reading

• “adulador”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “adulador”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 13