dorado

¹

[ duh-rah-doh ]

noun

, plural do·ra·dos, (especially collectively) do·ra·do.

1. dolphin ( def 2 ).

Dorado

²

[ duh-rah-doh; Spanish daw-rah-thaw ]

noun

, genitive Do·ra·dus [d, uh, -, rah, -d, uh, s]

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

Kim Kardashian visited a camp in California’s El Dorado County where incarcerated men serve as firefighters.

From Los Angeles Times

Jurupa Valley, 25-14, 25-19, 25-18 El Dorado d.

From Los Angeles Times

It is a method that is “inherently deceptive and harmful to the pursuit of justice,” said El Dorado County Dist.

From Los Angeles Times

"We told him, today he is here in El Dorado fields, tomorrow he could be stepping into the best stadiums in the world and facing the best players in the world," youth coach Wilberth Perea Mena, who first met Duran as a 14-year-old at his first club Envigado, told BBC Sport.

From BBC

The CDC and WastewaterScan test only a few wastewater sites in the Central Valley, including in Placer, Yuba, El Dorado and Sacramento counties.

From Los Angeles Times