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1 valdiviano
valdiviano, -a1.ADJ of/from Valdivia2.SM/ F native/inhabitant of Valdivia3.* * *valdiviano, -a♦ adjof/from Valdivia [Chile]♦ nm,fperson from Valdivia [Chile] -
2 conquistador
adj.winning.m.conqueror, winner, conquerer, conquistador.* * *► adjetivo1 conquering► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 conqueror1 (de América) conquistador————————1 (de América) conquistador* * *conquistador, -a1.ADJ conquering2.SM / F conqueror3. SM1) ( Hist) conquistador2) * (=seductor) ladykiller* * *I- dora adjetivoa) < ejército> conqueringb) (fam) < persona>II- dora masculino, femeninoa) (Hist) conqueror; ( en la conquista de América) conquistadorb) (fam) ( en el amor) (m) lady-killer; (f) femme fatale•• Cultural note:The collective term for the succession of explorers, soldiers and adventurers who, from the sixteenth century onward led the settlement and exploitation of Spain's Latin American colonies. Among the best known are Hernán Cortés (Mexico), Hernando de Soto (Florida, Nicaragua), the Pizarro brothers (Panama, Peru, Ecuador), Diego de Almagro (Peru, Chile) and Pedro de Valdivia (Chile)* * *I- dora adjetivoa) < ejército> conqueringb) (fam) < persona>II- dora masculino, femeninoa) (Hist) conqueror; ( en la conquista de América) conquistadorb) (fam) ( en el amor) (m) lady-killer; (f) femme fatale•• Cultural note:The collective term for the succession of explorers, soldiers and adventurers who, from the sixteenth century onward led the settlement and exploitation of Spain's Latin American colonies. Among the best known are Hernán Cortés (Mexico), Hernando de Soto (Florida, Nicaragua), the Pizarro brothers (Panama, Peru, Ecuador), Diego de Almagro (Peru, Chile) and Pedro de Valdivia (Chile)* * *conquistador11 = conqueror.Ex: Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.
conquistador22 = lady-killer, playboy.Ex: He was a lady-killer -- tall, dark-haired, handsome in his army officer's uniform.
Ex: Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.* * *1 ‹ejército› conquering2 ( fam) ‹persona›tuvo su época de mujer conquistadora she was quite a femme fatale in her timese creía de lo más conquistador he fancied himself (as) a real ladykiller o Don Juan3 ( RPl) ‹personalidad/niño› captivatingmasculine, feminine1 ( Hist) conqueror; (en la conquista de América) conquistador* * *
conquistador
■ sustantivo masculino, femeninoa) (Hist) conqueror;
( en la conquista de América) conquistador
(f) femme fatale
conquistador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 Mil conqueror
2 (persona que enamora) (mujer) femme fatale, (hombre) Don Juan, Casanova: ¡con esos ojos debes ser un verdadero conquistador! with eyes like those, you must be a real Don Juan!
' conquistador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
conquistadora
English:
conqueror
- playboy
* * *conquistador, -ora♦ adj1. [ejército] conquering2. [seductor] seductive;tiene fama de conquistador he's got a reputation as a Casanova o a lady-killer♦ nm,f[de tierras] conqueror; Hist [en América] conquistador♦ nm[seductor] Casanova, lady-killer* * *I adj conqueringII m, conquistadora f conqueror* * *conquistador, - dora adj: conqueringconquistador, - dora n: conqueror
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