hunter

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhʌntə/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈhʌntɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hun′tər)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
hunter n (person: kills for food)cazador, cazadora nm, nf
 The hunter didn't bring anything home today.
 El cazador no trajo nada a casa hoy.
hunter n (person: kills for sport)cazador, cazadora nm, nf
 The hunter shot a buck.
 El cazador le disparó a un ciervo.
hunter n (animal: chases prey)cazador nm
  depredador nm
 The hawk is a highly-evolved hunter.
 El halcón es un cazador muy evolucionado.
hunter n often as suffix (person: searcher)cazador, cazadora nm, nf
  buscador, buscadora nm, nf
  caza prefijo
 After dropping out of school John got a job as a ghost hunter.
 Después de dejar la escuela John consiguió trabajo de cazador de fantasmas.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
hunter n (horse)caballo de caza nm + loc adj
 Jaime usually rode a hunter, and was surprised at how quickly this horse tired.
 Jaime normalmente montaba caballos de caza, y se sorprendió de lo rápido que éste caballo se cansó.
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Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
bargain hunter n (shopper: seeks cheap goods)buscador de gangas nm
 The shopping centre is full of bargain hunters after Christmas.
 El centro comercial está lleno de buscadores de gangas después de Navidad.
big-game hunter n (hunts large animals)cazador de caza mayor, cazadora de caza mayor nm, nf + loc adj
 President Theodore Roosevelt was a conservationist, but also a big-game hunter.
 ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Una de las pasiones de Ernest Hemingway era ser cazador de caza mayor.
bounty hunter n (person who captures wanted persons)cazador de recompensas, cazadora de recompensas loc nm, nf
 Bounty hunters in the US are legal kidnappers.
 Los cazadores de recompensas en los Estados Unidos son secuestradores legales.
  cazarrecompensas n común inv
 Los cazarrecompensas en los Estados Unidos son secuestradores legales.
duck hunter n ([sb] who hunts ducks)cazador de patos, cazadora de patos nm, nf + loc adj
fortune hunter n (person: seeks to marry into wealth)cazafortunas n común pl
 He doesn't love you, you know – he's just a fortune hunter.
 Él no te ama, es sólo un cazafortunas.
game hunter n (hunts animals)cazador nm
 The game hunter was arrested for shooting a protected species.
 El cazador fue detenido por matar especies protegidas.
ghost hunter n (person who searches for spirits)cazafantasmas n común
headhunter,
head-hunter n		 figurative (recruiter)cazatalentos n común
  reclutador, reclutadora nm, nf
 Tamara was recruited by a headhunter for her new job.
 Tamara fue reclutada para su nuevo trabajo por un cazatalentos.
hunter green (color)verde oscuro nm + adj
hunter-gatherer n (member of primitive society)cazador-recolector, cazadora-recolectora nm, nf
 Long before supermarkets existed, people lived off the land as hunter-gatherers.
hunter's sauce,
chasseur sauce,
sauce chasseur n		 (brown sauce)salsa cazadora loc nom f
job-hunter n ([sb] looking for a job)persona que busca trabajo nf + loc adj
treasure hunter n ([sb] who searches for lost treasure)cazador de tesoros loc nom m
treasure hunter n figurative ([sb] who seeks valuables for purchase)cazador de tesoros loc nom m
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'hunter' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
huntress - huntsman - nimrod - poacher - sealer - tracker - whaler
Spanish:
cazador - buscador - boleador - cazador-recolector - cazadotes - cazafortunas - cazarrecompensas - cazatesoros - guaquero - huaquero - lobero - montero - patero - perdiguero - zorrero

Collocations: is a [great, terrible] hunter, get your hunter's license, my [father, grandfather] was a (big) hunter, more...

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