Borrowed fromLate Latincaptor, fromLatincapiō. English usage began around 1688.
captor (pluralcaptors)
- One who is holding acaptive or captives.
- One whocatches or has caught orcaptured something or someone.
one who is holding a captive
one who has captured something or someone
From the verbcapīo(“I take, capture, seize”).
captor
- first-personsingularpresentpassiveindicative ofcaptō
captor m (genitivecaptōris,femininecaptrīx);third declension
- onewhocatches orcaptures
- captor
- hunter,huntsman
Third-declension noun.
FromLatincaptor.
- Rhymes:(Portugal, São Paulo)-oɾ,(Brazil)-oʁ
- Hyphenation:cap‧tor
captor m (pluralcaptores,femininecaptora,feminine pluralcaptoras)
- captor
2018 November 13, “A espada” (18:58 from the start), inShe-Ra e as Princesas do Poder, season 1, episode 1 (streaming), spoken by Adora (Lina Mendes), Rio de Janeiro: Gramophone, dubbing ofShe-Ra and the Princesses of Power: The Sword, via Netflix:Prefiro não trocar gentilezas com meuscaptores.- [original:I prefer not to swap pleasantries with mycaptors.]
- “captor”, iniDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital,2008–2025
- “captor”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008–2025
- “captor”, inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora,2003–2025
- “captor”, inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos,2015–2025
FromLatincaptor.
- IPA(key): /kabˈtoɾ/[kaβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- Rhymes:-oɾ
- Syllabification:cap‧tor
captor m (pluralcaptores,femininecaptora,feminine pluralcaptoras)
- captor
2015 July 17, “Dos detenidos por secuestrar a una joven por una deuda de drogas”, inEl País[1]:Los agentes pudieron rescatar a la mujer un día y medio más tarde, cuando suscaptores la trasladaban en un vehículo.- The police officers were able to rescue the woman a day and a half later, when hercaptors were transporting her in a vehicle.
