morador

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese morador, from Latin morātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [mo.ɾaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [mo.ɾaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mo.ɾaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mo.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [mo.ɾaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.ɾaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [mu.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [mu.ɾɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.ɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [mu.ɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: mo‧ra‧dor

Adjective

morador (feminine moradora, masculine plural moradores, feminine plural moradoras, not comparable)

1. dwelling

Noun

morador m (plural moradores, feminine moradora, feminine plural moradoras)

1. resider, inhabitant, dweller
2. tenant, lodger

Further reading

• “morador”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “morador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin morātorem.

Adjective

morador (feminine moradora, masculine plural moradores, feminine plural moradoras)

1. dwelling, inhabiting

Noun

morador m (plural moradores, feminine moradora, feminine plural moradoras)

1. dweller, one who resides
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 45:

     En una casa de Limache oyeron los moradores y visitas que estaban esa noche reunidos, gritar desaforadamente un Chonchón.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “morador”, 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