Meaning & use
luchadora
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Meanings
nouncountable
A woman who fights in the Mexican style of professional wrestling, usually wearing a colorful mask and costume.
Grammar: Countable and mainly used in writing about Mexican wrestling; the plural is luchadoras.
Patterns
- a luchadora in a mask
- a famous luchadora
The crowd cheered as the luchadora leaped from the top rope.
She trained for years before becoming a professional luchadora in Mexico City.
In the poster, the luchadora wears a silver mask and a red cape.
nouncountableinformal
A female wrestler in general, especially one admired for skill or toughness.
Grammar: Used this way mostly by fans of the sport; outside that world, 'wrestler' is the plainer choice.
Patterns
- be a luchadora
- fight like a luchadora
Her fans call her the toughest luchadora on the circuit.
He said his sister was a luchadora long before women's wrestling became popular.
Word forms
| plural | luchadoras |
|---|
Common combinations
- a masked luchadora
- A masked luchadora entered the ring to loud music.
- a luchadora match
- The luchadora match lasted almost twenty minutes.
- become a luchadora
- He wanted to become a luchadora, so he moved to Mexico to train.
- a legendary luchadora
- Older fans still talk about that legendary luchadora from the 1980s.
Synonyms and how they differ
- wrestler
- The general English word for anyone in this sport; use it when you are not specifically talking about the Mexican style.
- female wrestler
- A plain, neutral phrase that fits news reports and everyday speech better than the borrowed word.
Word family
- luchador noun
- The male form; a man who does Mexican-style professional wrestling.
- lucha libre noun
- The Mexican style of professional wrestling in which these fighters perform.
Commonly confused: luchadora or luchador?
luchadora vs luchador
This is the male form. Use 'luchadora' only for a woman; the two words differ by the final -a.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'luchadora' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Luchadora' is a countable noun for a female Mexican-style wrestler, so it fits as the subject wearing a mask. Option 2 gives a wrong meaning, option 3 uses the female form for a man, and option 4 uses the noun as a verb, which English does not do here.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “luchadora”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.