encendedor

/enθendeˈdoɾ/ · B2 · noun · m

lighter

encendedor — lighter

🔥 encendedor = encender (to light) + -dor (doer) → the lighter

Spanish encender means to light or switch on, and the suffix -dor marks a thing or person that does an action. So encendedor is literally a lighting-doer: the device that lights a flame. Same pattern as calculadora, calculator.

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