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lothario

Lotharionoun

Lotharios

/ləʊˈθɑːrɪəʊ/

/loʊˈθɑːrioʊ/

Translations

ловелас

He was known as a Lothario among his friends.

Он был известен как ловелас среди своих друзей.

Additional translations

донжуан

сердцеед

Definitions

A man who behaves selfishly and irresponsibly in his sexual relationships with women.

He was known as a Lothario, leaving a trail of broken hearts wherever he went.

Synonyms

Don Juan

Lotharioadjective

Used attributively to describe behaviour or qualities reminiscent of a womaniser.

Definitions

Relating to or characteristic of a man who seduces women frequently and irresponsibly.

His Lothario exploits soon became the talk of the town.

Synonyms

Lotharioproper noun

/ləˈθɑːrɪəʊ/

/loʊˈθɛrioʊ/

Name of a character in Cervantes’ Don Quixote; origin of the common noun sense.

Definitions

A fictional character in Cervantes’ novel “Don Quixote”, whose name became synonymous with a seductive womaniser.

Lothario is introduced in the interpolated tale of “The Man Who Was Recklessly Curious” in Don Quixote.

Synonyms

Faust

Romeo

Don Giovanni

Casanova

Don Juan