Spanish Conversation · Level 46
75 words
Spanish word
buscador
Pronunciation
IPA/buskaˈðoɾ/
Meaning
- masculine nounsearch engine
Example
Uso el buscador para encontrar información.
I use the search engine to find information.
More examples
¿Has probado a usar el buscador interno del sitio?
Have you tried using the site's internal search engine?
Core concept
Tool that finds and presents information for a query.
Common phrases
usar el buscador
use the search engine
buscador interno
internal search engine
Similar words
motor de búsqueda: System that indexes and ranks web content to return results for keyword queries.
buscador web: Web-based service that locates and displays pages matching user-entered keywords.
Definition in Spanish
Herramienta o sistema que localiza y presenta información en respuesta a una consulta.
Word origin
From Spanish buscar 'to search' plus the agentive suffix -dor, originally 'one who searches' and extended to mean a device or system for searching.
Usage tips
- In everyday Spanish, el buscador commonly evokes major web search services, so a site's internal search is usually called buscador del sitio or buscador interno.
Other meanings
- search toolnoun
- search systemnoun
Related words
- buscarsearchverb
- buscablesearchableadjective