payador
troubadour
pay
to give money
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-ador
person who does something
A payador is a troubadour, which can be remembered as someone who pay0s (gives0) with music. The -ador1 suffix indicates a person who does something1, in this case, a wandering musician who performs for payment.
noun
- troubadourA singer-poet of Argentina and Uruguay who improvises songs about heroic deeds or current eventsEl payador cantó sobre las hazañas de los gauchos. // The troubadour sang about the feats of the gauchos.