dorado

noun

do·​ra·​do də-ˈrä-(ˌ)dō How to pronounce dorado (audio)
: mahi-mahi

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Off the Southern California coast, fishermen are catching dorado and yellowfin much earlier than usual. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 The restaurant is considered a northern Colorado staple for Tex-Mex and traditional Mexican food, with menu items like flautas and tacos dorados. — London Lyle, Denver Post, 24 July 2026 The dorado's route is now threatened by hydropower dams and river fragmentation, which block the fish from reaching their breeding sites and cause steep population declines. — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026 Altered river flows, barriers and overfishing are increasingly disrupting these journeys, and dorado populations in upstream Bolivia have plummeted. — Zeb Hogan, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dorado

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from past participle of dorar to gild, from Latin deaurare, from de- + aurum gold — more at aureus

First Known Use

1604, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dorado was in 1604

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Geographical Definition

Dorado

geographical name

Do·​ra·​do dō-ˈrä-t͟hō How to pronounce Dorado (audio)
city west of San Juan in northern Puerto Rico population 38,165

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