On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Conquistador. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as explorer or adventurer and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Conquistador meaning
A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.
Synonyms of Conquistador
Using Conquistador
- The main meaning on this page is: A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.
- Useful related words include: explorer, adventurer.
- In the example corpus, conquistador often appears in combinations such as: spanish conquistador, the conquistador, conquistador apartments.
Context around Conquistador
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Conquistador
- In this selection, "conquistador" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, spanish, adventurous, leading, apartments, juan and diego stand out and add context to how "conquistador" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a spanish conquistador and argentina s conquistador aristocracy but. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "conquistador" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with conquistador
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada was the leading conquistador. (8 words)
Long before, however, each conquistador had promised to equally split the benefits. (12 words)
The latest target was a statue of Sebastián de Belalcázar, a Spanish conquistador. (13 words)
Celebrant Madai Selbor took inspiration in the melding of Spanish and indigenous cultures for her costume Saturday, dressing as a skeletal La Malinche, the Nahua woman who interpreted for conquistador Hernan Cortes, with whom she also had a child. (39 words)
Both were part of the Descamisados, the "shirtless ones": the lumpen proletariat marginalised and derided by Argentina's conquistador aristocracy, but whom the Peróns courted with their left-wing reforms and populism. (32 words)
If you enjoyed this episode, you might also likeThe Return of Oñate’s Foot by 99% Invisible about the controversy surrounding the statue of Spanish conquistador, Juan de Oñate, in New Mexico. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
They depict the 16th-century murder of conquistador Diego Salcedo, a group of Taíno warriors inspired by a war god, and a slave uprising.
As players join the quest for Eldorado riches with the adventurous conquistador Gonzo, cascading symbols create opportunities for consecutive wins and increased multipliers.
More than five months after three family members were found dead inside unit 1012 at the Conquistador Apartments in Brownsville, crime scene tape still hangs from the doorway.
Their neighbors in the Conquistador Apartments in Brownsville rarely saw Joaquin Galvan, 82, his 78-year-old sister and his 60-year-old daughter.
Both were part of the Descamisados, the "shirtless ones": the lumpen proletariat marginalised and derided by Argentina's conquistador aristocracy, but whom the Peróns courted with their left-wing reforms and populism.
If you enjoyed this episode, you might also likeThe Return of Oñate’s Foot by 99% Invisible about the controversy surrounding the statue of Spanish conquistador, Juan de Oñate, in New Mexico.
The conquistador wanted to avoid leaving Mexico and, thus, be able to proclaim the Aztec empire’s conquest.
The latest target was a statue of Sebastián de Belalcázar, a Spanish conquistador.
Celebrant Madai Selbor took inspiration in the melding of Spanish and indigenous cultures for her costume Saturday, dressing as a skeletal La Malinche, the Nahua woman who interpreted for conquistador Hernan Cortes, with whom she also had a child.
Angle felt like he was ‘squeezed into a big condom’ in that Conquistador outfitA fun quote from the Raw General Manager.
Archeologists estimate that by the time the Spanish conquistador Orellana journeyed across the Amazon in 1541, more than 3 million Indians lived around the Amazon.
Conquistador Francisco Hernández de Córdoba founded two of Nicaragua's principal towns in 1524: Granada on Lake Nicaragua was the first settlement, followed by León at a location west of Lake Managua.
Conquistador On 10 November 1509, Pizarro sailed from Spain to the New World with Alonzo de Ojeda on an expedition to Urabí.
Even as he did so, he saved many lives by containing the explosion of the Conquistador, and, later, the Hecatomb itself.
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada was the leading conquistador.
In true conquistador style, he took as hostage a chief named Chief Tuskaloosa, demanding of him carriers and women.
It was discovered by the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León in 1513.
Long before, however, each conquistador had promised to equally split the benefits.
Rodríguez de Ocaña, another conquistador, relates Cortés' assertion that after God, Marina was the main reason for his success.
Sculptures In the early 1930s, sculptor Ramsey MacDonald created three copies of an anonymous European foot soldier resembling a conquistador with a helmet, wielding a sword and riding a horse.
Common combinations with conquistador
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: