comprador

comprador

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese comprador (“buyer”), from comprar (“to buy”) + -dor (“(agent)”), from Latin comparō (“I buy”).

In Far East, originally applied to native servants in European households, later to native managers in European businesses.[1]

Noun

comprador (plural compradors)

1. An intermediary.
2. A native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser.
3. (nautical) A ship's chandler in the Far East.

Derived terms

• comprador bourgeoisie

Translations

intermediary — see intermediary

native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser

Chinese: Mandarin: 買辦／买办 (zh) (mǎibàn) Finnish: kollaboraattori (fi)

References

1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). “Comprador”. Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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Catalan

Etymology

comprar +‎ -dor, or from Late Latin compārator, compāratōrem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kom.pɾəˈdo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kum.pɾəˈdo/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kom.pɾaˈdoɾ/

Noun

comprador m (plural compradors, feminine compradora)

1. buyer

Further reading

• “comprador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “comprador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “comprador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “comprador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From comprar +‎ -dor, or from Late Latin compārātōrem, from Latin compārō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɾaˈdoʁ/ [kõ.pɾaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɾaˈdoʁ/ [kõ.pɾaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɾaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɾaˈdoʁ/ [kõ.pɾaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɾaˈdoɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɾɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.pɾɐˈðoɾ]

Noun

comprador m (plural compradores, feminine compradora, feminine plural compradoras)

1. buyer (person who makes purchases)
2. customer

   Synonyms: cliente, freguês

Related terms

• comprar, compra, comprável

Descendants

• → English: comprador

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Spanish

Etymology

comprar +‎ -dor, or from Late Latin compārator, compāratōrem, from Latin compārō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompɾaˈdoɾ/ [kõm.pɾaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: com‧pra‧dor

Adjective

comprador (feminine compradora, masculine plural compradores, feminine plural compradoras)

1. buying

Noun

comprador m (plural compradores, feminine compradora, feminine plural compradoras)

1. buyer

Related terms

• comprar

Further reading

• “comprador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014