What does “mirador” mean in Spanish?
Recorriendo Cuenca en bus turístico y río Tomebamba
B1 Spanish listening practice · Andean Spanish · Picked for people who know some
Every city in the Spanish-speaking world seems to have its mirador — the lookout you climb for the postcard view. The word is mirar (“to watch”) plus -dor, the ending Spanish uses to name the place or thing that does the action. Spot the pattern once and you can decode signs everywhere: comedor (the eating place, dining room), probador (fitting room), asador (grill).
In the clip, Cuenca’s tour bus saves the best for last: it ends at the Turi, “el mirador más importante de la ciudad” — the classic final stop of any Andean city tour. On road trips, brown signs reading mirador mark viewpoints worth pulling over for. The same -dor also names people and machines: vendedor (seller), secador (hair dryer).
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Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-ESP 2011 (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.