lanzador

pitcher

noun lahn-sah-DOHR Rare

Also means

launcher

Usage Note

Lanzador primarily means a baseball or softball pitcher (the player who throws the ball), making it most common in Latin American sports reporting. More broadly it can describe any device or person that launches something: lanzador de cohetes ('rocket launcher'). The feminine form is lanzadora. The related verb is lanzar ('to throw, to launch').

Examples

"El lanzador abrió el partido con tres ponches."

Natural Translation

The pitcher opened the game with three strikeouts.

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