elevador

Portuguese

Etymology

From elevar (“to elevate”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.le.vaˈdoʁ/ [e.le.vaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.le.vaˈdoʁ/ [e.le.vaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.le.vaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.le.vaˈdoʁ/ [e.le.vaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.le.vaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɨ.vɐˈdoɾ/ [i.lɨ.vɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɨ.vɐˈdoɾ/ [i.lɨ.vɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɨ.bɐˈdoɾ/ [i.lɨ.βɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɨ.vɐˈdo.ɾi/ [i.lɨ.vɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: e‧le‧va‧dor

Noun

elevador m (plural elevadores, feminine elevadora, feminine plural elevadoras)

1. something which elevates (agent noun of elevar)

   Synonym: ascensor

Noun

elevador m (plural elevadores)

1. elevator, lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

   Synonym: ascensor

Related terms

• elevação
• elevado
• elevar
• elevatório
• leve

Spanish

Etymology

From elevar +‎ -ador. In the sense of 'elevator', adaptated from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /elebaˈdoɾ/ [e.le.β̞aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: e‧le‧va‧dor

Adjective

elevador (feminine elevadora, masculine plural elevadores, feminine plural elevadoras)

1. lifting

Derived terms

• carretilla elevadora

 

Noun

elevador m (plural elevadores)

1. (Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, US, Puerto Rico, Philippines) lift (UK) , elevator (US)

   Synonym: ascensor

2. forklift
3. car lift, 2 post lift, two post lift, two column lift

   Synonym: elevador de coches

Derived terms

• elevador de la escápula
• elevador del párpado superior

 

Related terms

• elevar

 

Further reading

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