observador

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin observātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [up.sər.bəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [op.sər.vəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [op.seɾ.vaˈðoɾ]

Adjective

observador (feminine observadora, masculine plural observadors, feminine plural observadores)

1. observant
2. watchful

Noun

observador m (plural observadors, feminine observadora)

1. observer

Further reading

• “observador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “observador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “observador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “observador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin observātōrem.

Adjective

observador (feminine observadora, masculine plural observadores, feminine plural observadoras)

1. observant

Noun

observador m (plural observadores, feminine observadora, feminine plural observadoras)

1. observer

Related terms

• observar

Further reading

• “observador”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin observātōrem. By surface analysis, observar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈdoʁ/ [o.bi.seɦ.vaˈdoh], /ob.seʁ.vaˈdoʁ/ [ob.seɦ.vaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈdoʁ/ [o.bi.seɦ.vaˈdoh], /ob.seʁ.vaˈdoʁ/ [ob.seɦ.vaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /o.bi.seɾ.vaˈdoɾ/, /ob.seɾ.vaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.bi.seʁ.vaˈdoʁ/ [o.bi.seʁ.vaˈdoχ], /ob.seʁ.vaˈdoʁ/ [ob.seʁ.vaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.seɻ.vaˈdoɻ/, /o.bi.seɻ.vaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bsɨɾ.vɐˈdoɾ/ [ɔ.βsɨɾ.vɐˈðoɾ]

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

• Hyphenation: ob‧ser‧va‧dor

Noun

observador m (plural observadores, feminine observadora, feminine plural observadoras)

1. observer (someone who observes something)
2. observer (person sent as a representative to monitor but not to participate in an event)

   Synonym: monitor

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin observator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obseɾbaˈdoɾ/ [oβ̞.seɾ.β̞aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ob‧ser‧va‧dor

Adjective

observador (feminine observadora, masculine plural observadores, feminine plural observadoras)

1. observant

   Synonym: avizor

Noun

observador m (plural observadores, feminine observadora, feminine plural observadoras)

1. observer

   Synonym: espectador

Related terms

• observable
• observación
• observacional
• observancia
• observante
• observar
• observatorio

 

Further reading

• “observador”, 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