secadora

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.kaˈdo.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.kaˈdo.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.kaˈdo.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.kɐˈdo.ɾɐ/ [sɨ.kɐˈðo.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: se‧ca‧do‧ra

Noun

secadora f (plural secadoras)

1. dryer, clothes dryer (household appliance for drying clothing)

   Synonym: secadora de roupas

Spanish

A secadora

Etymology

From secar +‎ -dora.

Noun

secadora f (plural secadoras)

1. dryer, clothes dryer (a household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion)

   Synonym: secadora de ropa

2. dryer (any other device, household or industrial, designed to remove water or humidity)

   Synonym: secador

Related terms

• secar

 

Adjective

secadora f

1. feminine singular of secador

Further reading

• “secador”, 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