depredador

/depɾedaˈdoɾ/ · B2 · adj

predatory

🦁 de-PRED-ador: sounds like PREDator, plus -dor for the one who does it

Spanish depredador comes from Latin praedator, a plunderer, from praeda meaning prey. English predator and prey share that root, so the word reads as predator with a de- front and an -dor ending.

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