auscultador

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin auscultātōrem (“listener”). By surface analysis, auscultar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aws.kuw.taˈdoʁ/ [aʊ̯s.kuʊ̯.taˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aws.kuw.taˈdoʁ/ [aʊ̯s.kuʊ̯.taˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aws.kuw.taˈdoɾ/ [aʊ̯s.kuʊ̯.taˈdoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awʃ.kuw.taˈdoʁ/ [aʊ̯ʃ.kuʊ̯.taˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aws.kuw.taˈdoɻ/ [aʊ̯s.kuʊ̯.taˈdoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awʃ.kul.tɐˈdoɾ/ [awʃ.kuɫ.tɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awʃ.kul.tɐˈdoɾ/ [awʃ.kuɫ.tɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /awʃ.kul.tɐˈdo.ɾi/ [awʃ.kuɫ.tɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: aus‧cul‧ta‧dor

Noun

auscultador m (plural auscultadores)

1. stethoscope

   Synonym: estetoscópio

2. (Portugal, in the plural) headphones

   Synonyms: fones, (Brazil) fones de cabeça

Spanish

Noun

auscultador m (plural auscultadores, feminine auscultadora, feminine plural auscultadoras)

1. auscultator

Further reading

• “auscultador”, 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