aspersor

English

Noun

aspersor (plural aspersors)

1. Alternative form of asperser

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin aspersus +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.pərˈso]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [as.peɾˈsoɾ]

Noun

aspersor m (plural aspersors)

1. (agriculture) sprinkler (rotation device used to irrigate crops)

Related terms

• aspergir
• aspersió

Further reading

• “aspersor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /as.peʁˈsoʁ/ [as.pehˈsoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /as.peʁˈsoʁ/ [as.pehˈsoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /as.peɾˈsoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʃ.peʁˈsoʁ/ [aʃ.peχˈsoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /as.peɻˈsoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃ.pɨɾˈsoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃ.pɨɾˈsoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃ.pɨɾˈso.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: as‧per‧sor

Noun

aspersor m (plural aspersores)

1. (agriculture) sprinkler (rotation device used to irrigate crops)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aspersoir.

Noun

aspersor n (plural aspersoare)

1. sprinkler

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	aspersor	aspersorul		aspersoare	aspersoarele
genitive-dative	aspersor	aspersorului		aspersoare	aspersoarelor
vocative	aspersorule			aspersoarelor

Spanish

Sprinklers spraying water to irrigate vine plants in a vineyard

Etymology

From Latin aspersus +‎ -or. Compare English asperser.

Adjective

aspersor (feminine aspersora, masculine plural aspersores, feminine plural aspersoras)

1. sprinkling

Noun

aspersor m (plural aspersores)

1. sprinkler (device used to spray water in the air)
   • 2015 July 24, “Algunas maneras de vivir”, in El País‎^[1]:

     A primera hora de la tarde, cuando los aspersores para refrescarse aún no funcionaban, el calor era propio del Sahel.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• aspersión

 

Further reading

• “aspersor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10