competidor

/kompetiˈdoɾ/ · B2 · adj

competitor

🏁🥇 competidor = compete + -dor (one who does); the one who competes

Spanish competir (to compete) + -dor, the suffix for a doer, like English -er. So competidor is literally a competer. It shares its Latin root competere with English compete and competitor.

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