tocador

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tu.kəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [to.kəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [to.kaˈðoɾ]

Etymology 1

From tocar +‎ -dor.

Noun

tocador m (plural tocadors, feminine tocadora)

1. (music) player

Etymology 2

Noun

tocador m (plural tocadors)

1. (furniture) dressing table

   Synonym: lligador

Further reading

• “tocador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “tocador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Portuguese

Etymology

From tocar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /to.kaˈdoʁ/ [to.kaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /to.kaˈdoʁ/ [to.kaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /to.kaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /to.kaˈdoʁ/ [to.kaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /to.kaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.kɐˈdoɾ/ [tu.kɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.kɐˈdoɾ/ [tu.kɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.kɐˈdo.ɾi/ [tu.kɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: to‧ca‧dor

Noun

tocador m (plural tocadores, feminine tocadora, feminine plural tocadoras)

1. (music) player (one who plays a musical instrument)

Noun

tocador m (plural tocadores)

1. (Brazil, electronics) player (electronic device that plays media)

   Synonyms: leitor, player

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tokaˈdoɾ/ [t̪o.kaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: to‧ca‧dor

Etymology 1

From tocar (“to comb”) +‎ -dor.

Noun

tocador m (plural tocadores)

1. dressing table

Descendants

• → Tagalog: tokador

Etymology 2

From tocar (“to play”) +‎ -dor.

Noun

tocador m (plural tocadores, feminine tocadora, feminine plural tocadoras)

1. (music) player

Further reading

• “tocador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28