portador

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin portātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pur.təˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [por.təˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poɾ.taˈðoɾ]
• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Noun

portador m (plural portadors, feminine portadora)

1. carrier, bearer

Derived terms

• ona portadora

Related terms

• portar

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From portar +‎ -dor, or from Late Latin portātōrem, from Latin portō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁ.taˈdoʁ/ [poh.taˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁ.taˈdoʁ/ [poh.taˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾ.taˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁ.taˈdoʁ/ [poχ.taˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poɻ.taˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.tɐˈdoɾ/ [puɾ.tɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.tɐˈdoɾ/ [puɾ.tɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.tɐˈdo.ɾi/ [puɾ.tɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: por‧ta‧dor

Noun

portador m (plural portadores, feminine portadora, feminine plural portadoras)

1. carrier, bearer
2. conveyer

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From portar +‎ -dor, or borrowed from Late Latin portātor, from Latin portō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾtaˈdoɾ/ [poɾ.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: por‧ta‧dor

Noun

portador m (plural portadores, feminine portadora, feminine plural portadoras)

1. carrier, bearer

   Synonym: tenedor

Related terms

• portar

 

Further reading

• “portador”, 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