bulldozer

noun bool-DOH-ser Rare

Origin: English loanword

Usage Note

Bulldozer is a direct borrowing from English that has been fully adopted into Spanish with masculine gender (el bulldozer). Some style guides recommend the Hispanicised spelling buldózer with a written accent, though the English spelling remains more common in print. The plural is bulldózers in the Academy's recommended form. It is also used figuratively for a person or force that crushes all opposition.

Examples

"El bulldozer derribó el muro en minutos."

Natural Translation

The bulldozer knocked down the wall in minutes.

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