vendedor
nounBeginnerHigh frequency
What does “vendedor” mean in English?
the salesperson
the salesperson (masc)
Example sentences
El vendedor me explica el producto.
The salesperson explains the product to me.
Es vendedora en una tienda.
She's a salesperson at a store.
Los vendedores trabajan los fines de semana.
Salespeople work weekends.
How to use it
Vendedor means 'salesperson' / 'seller'. Masculine: el vendedor. Feminine vendedora. Compound: vender (to sell) + -dor (agent suffix).
Common mistake
The -dor/-dora suffix is the agent marker for many verb-derived professions: vender → vendedor, escribir → escritor, conducir → conductor.
Topics
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Reference
This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.