ganhador

Ganhador is a masculine noun in Portuguese that designates a person who wins a prize, contest, lottery, or other competition. The feminine form is ganhadora. The term comes from the verb ganhar (to win, to earn) and the agentive suffix -dor, yielding “the one who wins.” It is widely used in Brazilian Portuguese to refer to prize recipients, while in European Portuguese the synonym vencedor is more common in formal contexts, though ganhador is understood and can appear in media or promotional material.

In usage, ganhador is often found with the definite article or as part of a title: o ganhador do prêmio, os ganhadores da loteria. It can also describe someone who has recently gained or earned something, though in that sense other terms may be more natural depending on the context. Ganhadora is the feminine form, used for a female winner, e.g., a ganhadora do concurso.

Related terms include vencedor (winner), prêmio (prize), concurso (contest), and ganho (gain). The word is typically used to refer to the person or recipient of a win, rather than the act of winning itself.