dorado
noun
dorado
1 American
[duh-rah-doh]
/ dəˈrɑ doʊ /
noun
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dorados,
plural
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dorado
plural
Dorado
2
American
[duh-rah-doh, daw-rah-thaw]
/ dəˈrɑ doʊ, dɔˈrɑ ðɔ /
noun
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Doradus
genitive
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a city in N Puerto Rico.
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the Swordfish, a small southern constellation between Volans and Horologium.
dorado
1
British
/ dəˈrɑːdəʊ /
noun
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another name for dolphin
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a South American river fish of the genus Salminus that resembles a salmon
Dorado
2
British
/ dəˈrɑːdəʊ /
noun
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Etymology
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; see origin at dorado
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The tacos dorado came four to an order, filled with shredded chicken and fried crisp.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
As fast as fishermen hooked them, the dorado broke loose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
On the hunt for dorado, stops can be few and far between.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
Restaurateurs, chefs and diners alike have realized that “fresh fish from Russia is better than dorado that was brought to Russia after traveling for a week,” Berezutskiy said.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2021
He was immediately aware when I landed a turtle or a dorado or a shark, and I had to give quickly and generously.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Victoria Summers from El Dorado Hills, Calif., told me that her husband, Rob, surprised her with a three-carat diamond band for their 30th anniversary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
"The image of a European El Dorado remains very strong" in Morocco, sociologist Soumaya Naamane Guessos told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
El Dorado is controlled by a gangster known only by his first name, Fabio, a Pablo Escobar-type character who has ingratiated himself with locals through acts of charity.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
His son also began to “show signs of extreme discomfort,” which led the man to believe the child needed medical attention, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
The day she met him, he sat alone in the back booth of El Temero Dorado restaurant staring at her.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Tacos dorados, or what many north of the border call crunchy tacos.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2022
Golden on the outside and filled to the top lip of their shell, these tacos dorados are proof positive that Mexican culture is alive and well in the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2022
Tacos El Compadre’s crispy chicken-and-potato-filled tacos dorados are showered in grated queso fresco and shredded lettuce, and seated atop a pool of peppery salsa roja.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
There are a couple of these dorados on the menu.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2019
There were fish— big fish with protruding foreheads and very long dorsal fins, dorados they are called, and smaller fish, lean and long, unknown to me, and smaller ones still—and there were sharks.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
That is the conclusion of a new study from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, based on close observations of the red giant star R Doradus.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
New observations of R Doradus suggest this explanation does not fully work.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
The dust grains around R Doradus are typically only about one ten-thousandth of a millimetre across.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
This is an image of the Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, though many have likened it to an abstract portrait of a man sitting cross-legged.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2022
Also, the "S Doradus" had brought in several hundred tons of charged mercury on each trip, though this was no great quantity individually, it had mounted up in the ten trips she had made.
From The Ultimate Weapon by Gerald McConnell
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