desarrollador
Spanish
Etymology
From desarrollar + -dor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desaroʝaˈdoɾ/ [d̪e.sa.ro.ʝaˈð̞oɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /desaroʎaˈdoɾ/ [d̪e.sa.ro.ʎaˈð̞oɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /desaroʃaˈdoɾ/ [d̪e.sa.ro.ʃaˈð̞oɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /desaroʒaˈdoɾ/ [d̪e.sa.ro.ʒaˈð̞oɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: de‧sa‧rro‧lla‧dor
Noun
desarrollador m (plural desarrolladores, feminine desarrolladora, feminine plural desarrolladoras)
- (computing) developer (a software developer; a person who creates or modifies computer software)
- developer (a person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products.)
Usage notes
- For a person is desarrollador (“developer”) (masculine) and desarrolladora (“developer”) (female). And for a company is desarrolladora (“developer”).
Further reading
- “desarrollador”, 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