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: Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
2013-04-04 16:37:00

Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
2013-04-04 16:37:00

Mood: busy

From Conqueror to Conquered

I'm looking at the Spanish word conquistador, which means "conqueror," and wondering if it has an opposite meaning "conquered one," or if there is some other similar-sounding word that means "hapless victim," or something that would portmanteau smartly with the original. I wrote a poem in the April 2 fishbowl, "Todo lo que Brilla," that's picking on the conquistadores again. Then a reader question led to a sequel, "En Boca del Mentiroso." So I'm going to need a series title, and I'd like it in Spanish. Any ideas?

Tags: linguistics, poetry, writing

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msminlr

April 5 2013, 15:00:11 UTC 8 years ago

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conquistado/a?

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

April 6 2013, 05:59:01 UTC 8 years ago

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I'm thinking of Los Conquistados.

mount_oregano

April 5 2013, 19:13:50 UTC 8 years ago

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Conquistado or conquistada is "conquered." Conquistable is "susceptible to being conquered" and "inconquistable" is someone or something that can't be conquered. Conquista is "conquest." A conquistador (female: conquistadora) can be someone who has military triumphs but it can also be someone who has amatory triumphs, like Casanova or Don Juan.