temporizador

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽ.po.ɾi.zaˈdoʁ/ [tẽ.po.ɾi.zaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽ.po.ɾi.zaˈdoʁ/ [tẽ.po.ɾi.zaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tẽ.po.ɾi.zaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tẽ.po.ɾi.zaˈdoʁ/ [tẽ.po.ɾi.zaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽ.po.ɾi.zaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽ.pu.ɾi.zɐˈdoɾ/ [tẽ.pu.ɾi.zɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽ.pu.ɾi.zɐˈdoɾ/ [tẽ.pu.ɾi.zɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽ.pu.ɾi.zɐˈdo.ɾi/ [tẽ.pu.ɾi.zɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: tem‧po‧ri‧za‧dor

Noun

temporizador m (plural temporizadores)

1. timer (device that activates something after a preset amount of time)

   Synonym: timer

Spanish

Etymology

From temporizar (“to time”), from Latin tempus with Spanish suffix -izar. Compare English temporizer.

Noun

temporizador m (plural temporizadores)

1. timer (device that activates something after a preset amount of time)

   Synonym: minutero

2. egg timer

Derived terms

• temporizado

 

Related terms

• tiempo

 

Further reading

• “temporizador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28