inspetor

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• inspector (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnspectōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.peˈtoʁ/ [ĩs.peˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.peˈtoʁ/ [ĩs.peˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩs.peˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.peˈtoʁ/ [ĩʃ.peˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.peˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.pɛˈtoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.pɛˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.pɛˈto.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ins‧pe‧tor

Adjective

inspetor (feminine inspetora, masculine plural inspetores, feminine plural inspetoras)

1. surveying, that surveys

Noun

inspetor m (plural inspetores, feminine inspetora, feminine plural inspetoras)

1. inspector, examiner
2. surveyor

Related terms

• inspeção

Further reading

• “inspetor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024