ojeador

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Classical Latin oculus

Vulgar Latin oclus

Old Spanish ojo

Spanish ojo

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -idiāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish ojear

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish ojeador

From ojear + -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oxeaˈdoɾ/ [o.xe.aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: o‧je‧a‧dor

Noun

ojeador m (plural ojeadores, feminine ojeadora, feminine plural ojeadoras)

1. (sports) scout, talent scout, talent-spotter

   Synonym: cazatalentos

   • 2015 July 6, “José Luis Pérez Regueira, un americanista brillante”, in El País‎^[1], Madrid: Ediciones El País, S.L., →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 May 2016:

     Gracias a su primera obra, yo descubrí a un americanista brillante, insospechado, de pluma formidable, pero apenas descubierto por unos ojeadores literarios adscritos a la endogamia o al ignorante menosprecio.

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2. (hunting) beater

   Synonym: montero

Further reading

• “ojeador”, 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