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 (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) 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 (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10