distractor

English

Etymology

From distract +‎ -or.

Noun

distractor (plural distractors)

1. Alternative spelling of distracter

Portuguese

Adjective

distractor (feminine distractora, masculine plural distractores, feminine plural distractoras)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of distrator. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Noun

distractor m (plural distractores, feminine distractora, feminine plural distractoras)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of distrator. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Noun

distractor m (plural distractores)

1. distracter

Further reading

• “distractor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014