embalsamador

From Spanish embalsamador.

• Hyphenation: em‧bal‧sa‧ma‧dor

embalsamador

1. an embalmer

For quotations using this term, see Citations:embalsamador.

From embalsamar +‎ -dor.

• IPA^(key): /embalsamaˈdoɾ/ [ẽm.bal.sa.maˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: em‧bal‧sa‧ma‧dor

embalsamador (feminine embalsamadora, masculine plural embalsamadores, feminine plural embalsamadoras)

1. embalming

embalsamador m (plural embalsamadores, feminine embalsamadora, feminine plural embalsamadoras)

1. embalmer
   • 2025 November 2, Gloria López, “La embalsamadora que le da vida a la muerte [The embalmer who brings death to life]”, in El Sol de México‎^[1]:

     Alejandra Acosta dice que el miedo a hablar de la muerte ha ocultado el trabajo de los embalsamadores, que es un tema tabú que los mantiene en el anonimato, porque su trabajo es un recordatorio constante de que la gente se va morir^[sic].

     Alejandra Acosta says that fear of talking about death has hidden the work of embalmers, which is a taboo topic that keeps them anonymous, because their work is a constant reminder that people will die.

• → Cebuano: embalsamador
• → Tagalog: embalsamador

• “embalsamador”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish embalsamador.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔembalsamaˈdoɾ/ [ʔɛm.bɐl.sɐ.mɐˈd̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: em‧bal‧sa‧ma‧dor

embalsamadór (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔ᜐᜋᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

1. embalmer (one who embalms corpses)

   Synonym: tagaembalsama

• “embalsamador”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “embalsamador”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018