cebador

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin cibus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin cibāre

Spanish cebar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish cebador

From cebar (“to bait”) + -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θebaˈdoɾ/ [θe.β̞aˈð̞oɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sebaˈdoɾ/ [se.β̞aˈð̞oɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ce‧ba‧dor

Noun

cebador m (plural cebadores)

1. (Argentina) starter

   Synonym: estárter

   El cebador es necesario para arrancar el carro en un ambiente frío.

   The starter is needed to start the car when it's cold out.

2. (genetics) primer

Noun

cebador m (plural cebadores, feminine cebadora, feminine plural cebadoras)

1. (Southern Cone) person who makes mate for the group

Further reading

• “cebador”, 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
• “cebador”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010