🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

depredador

Pronunciation / Transliteration: depredador

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
predatory/ˈprɛdətəri/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El tigre es un animal depredador muy peligroso."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or denoting an animal or animals that naturally preying on others.

    "The lion is a fierce predatory mammal."
  2. 2

    Seeking to exploit or oppress others for personal gain.

    "The company was accused of using predatory pricing strategies to eliminate competition."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Early 17th century: from late Latin praedatorius (from praedator 'plunderer', from praedari 'to plunder') + -y.

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