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poblador

settler

noun poh-blah-DOHR Rare

Also means

inhabitant

Usage Note

Poblador refers to someone who settles or populates a place, particularly in historical or Latin American contexts (los primeros pobladores — the first settlers). The feminine is pobladora. In contemporary Latin American Spanish it can also mean a local resident of a neighbourhood or town, with a community-organising connotation.

Examples

"Los primeros pobladores llegaron hace siglos."

Natural Translation

The first settlers arrived centuries ago.

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