borrador

/boraˈdoɾ/ · B2 · noun · m

eraser

🧽 borrador = borrar (to erase) + -dor (one that does it): the eraser

Borrar means to erase or rub out, and the suffix -dor marks a tool or agent that performs the action, like English -er. So borrador is the thing that erases. A draft is also called borrador because it is a version still open to being rubbed out and rewritten.

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