Spanish word

borrador

Pronunciation

IPA/boraˈðoɾ/

Meaning

  • masculine noundraft

Example

Voy a revisar el borrador antes de enviarlo al profesor.

I'm going to review the draft before I send it to the professor.

Illustration for borrador (draft)

More examples

Compartí el borrador de trabajo con mi compañera.

I shared the working draft with my colleague.

Core concept

An early version of a document with crossed-out lines and revision arrows.

Common phrases

  • hacer un borrador

    write a draft

  • borrador inicial

    initial draft

  • borrador de trabajo

    working draft

Similar words

esbozo: Short outline that highlights the main points or plan succinctly.
bosquejo: Simple draft that summarizes the sequence or flow of work or explanation.
boceto: Loose sketch that shows basic shapes, proportions, and layout for a piece.
versión preliminar: Preliminary complete draft that presents the whole content for reviewers to check.

Definition in Spanish

Objeto que sirve para borrar marcas y, también, nombre de la versión preliminar de un texto o trabajo que todavía puede recibir correcciones.

Word origin

Built from the verb borrar ('erase') plus -dor, originally denoting an erasing tool and later used metaphorically for a correctable version of a text.

Usage tips

  • Borrador can mean either an eraser or a draft, and when the context mentions sending a file it refers to a draft while on a desk it likely means a physical eraser.

Other meanings

  • erasernoun

Opposites

  • versión finalfinal versionnoun

Related words

  • borrareraseverb
  • borrableerasableadjective
  • borradoerasedadjective

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