creador

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin creātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kɾe̞.əˈðu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [kɾe.əˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kɾe.aˈðoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kɾe.aˈðo]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

creador (feminine creadora, masculine plural creadors, feminine plural creadores)

1. that creates

Noun

creador m (plural creadors, feminine creadora, feminine plural creadores)

1. creator

Further reading

• “creador”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “creador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “creador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “creador”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Alternative forms

• criador (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin creātor. By surface analysis, crear +‎ -ador. Doublet of criador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾeaˈdoɾ/ [kɾe.aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: cre‧a‧dor

Adjective

creador (feminine creadora, masculine plural creadores, feminine plural creadoras)

1. that creates

Noun

creador m (plural creadores, feminine creadora, feminine plural creadoras)

1. creator

Further reading

• “creador”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “creador”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “creador”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “creador”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Noun

creador m (plural creadores, feminine creadora, feminine plural creadoras)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of criador

Usage notes

This spelling coexisted with criador.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin creātor. Doublet of the inherited criador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾeaˈdoɾ/ [kɾe.aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: cre‧a‧dor

Adjective

creador (feminine creadora, masculine plural creadores, feminine plural creadoras)

1. that creates

Noun

creador m (plural creadores, feminine creadora, feminine plural creadoras)

1. creator

Derived terms

• creador de contenido

Related terms

• crear

Further reading

• “creador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025