dorado

¹

[duh-rah-doh]

noun

plural

dorados ,

plural

dorado .

1. dolphin.

Dorado

²

[duh-rah-doh, daw-rah-thaw]

noun

genitive

Doradus 

1. a city in N Puerto Rico.

2. the Swordfish, a small southern constellation between Volans and Horologium.

dorado

¹

/ dəˈrɑːdəʊ /

noun

1. another name for dolphin

2. a South American river fish of the genus Salminus that resembles a salmon

Dorado

²

/ dəˈrɑːdəʊ /

noun

1. a constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Reticulum and Pictor and containing part of the Large Magellanic cloud

Word History and Origins

Origin of dorado¹

1595–1605; < Spanish < Late Latin deaurātus, past participle of deaurāre to gild. See de-, aurum, -ate ¹

Origin of dorado²

From Spanish, dating back to 1595–1605; dorado

Word History and Origins

Origin of dorado¹

C17: from Spanish, from dorar to gild, from Latin _de- + -aurāre, from aurum gold

Example Sentences

Since then, one more death has been recorded — that of Taylen Robert Claude Brooks, 21, who was killed by a mountain lion while he was searching for deer antlers in northern El Dorado County last March.

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Matt James has collected gold nuggets for years from the hills and riverbeds of California, but as the precious metal's price soars, he has found an unexpected El Dorado: on social media.

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Los tres mayores botes de Powerball registrados han sido ganados por residentes del Estado Dorado, y esta misma semana la tienda Village Spirit Shoppe de Westlake Village ha producido su tercer multimillonario, según la Lotería de California.

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Burn scars include those from the Bridge, Line, Apple, El Dorado and Airport fires that burned over the last five years.

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The mudslide that hit Cedar Falls Road included parts of a five-year-old burn scar from the El Dorado fire, according to Caltrans.

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