🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

incitador

Pronunciation / Transliteration: in.si.taˈðor

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Enkindler/ɪnˈkɪn.dəl.ər/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El orador actuó como un incitador de la esperanza."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or thing that sets fire to something or causes it to catch fire.

    "He served as the enkindler of the campfire, shielding the initial spark from the wind."
  2. 2

    One who or that which arouses, inspires, or ignites strong emotions, passions, or ideas in others.

    "As an inspiring teacher, she was a true enkindler of curiosity in her students."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'enkindle', combining the intensive prefix 'en-' (from Old French and Latin) with 'kindle', which traces back to Old Norse 'kynda' (to set fire to). The agent suffix '-er' is added to denote one who or that which performs the action of igniting or inspiring.

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