cobrador

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.bɾaˈdoʁ/ [ko.bɾaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.bɾaˈdoʁ/ [ko.bɾaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko.bɾaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.bɾaˈdoʁ/ [ko.bɾaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.bɾaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.bɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ku.βɾɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.bɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ku.βɾɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.bɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ku.βɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: co‧bra‧dor

Adjective

cobrador (feminine cobradora, masculine plural cobradores, feminine plural cobradoras)

1. collecting, conducting, receiving

Noun

cobrador m (plural cobradores, feminine cobradora, feminine plural cobradoras)

1. collector
2. conductor
3. receiver

Spanish

Etymology

From cobrar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kobɾaˈdoɾ/ [ko.β̞ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: co‧bra‧dor

Noun

cobrador m (plural cobradores, feminine cobradora, feminine plural cobradoras)

1. (transport) conductor, ticket collector

   Synonym: guarda (Argentina)

2. collector
3. debt collector

Descendants

• → Tagalog: kobrador (“collector of payment”)

Further reading

• “cobrador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16