contador

contador

Portuguese

Etymology

From contar +‎ -dor, possibly corresponding to Latin computātōrem, thus a doublet of computador, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.taˈdoʁ/ [kõ.taˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.taˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.taˈdoʁ/ [kõ.taˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.taˈdoɻ/

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

• Hyphenation: con‧ta‧dor

Noun

contador m (plural contadores)

1. counter (object used in counting)

   contador da água ― water counter

Noun

contador m (plural contadores, feminine contadora, feminine plural contadoras)

1. counter (one who counts)
2. (Brazil) accountant (someone who maintains financial matters for a person)

   Synonym: (Portugal) contabilista

Related terms

• conta
• conto

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Spanish

Etymology

From contar +‎ -dor, possibly corresponding to Latin computātor, computātōrem[1], thus a doublet of computador, a borrowing.

Noun

contador m (plural contadores)

1. counter, meter, measurer

   Synonym: medidor

2. (programming) counter

Descendants

• → Cebuano: kontador
• → Tagalog: kontador

Noun

contador m (plural contadores, feminine contadora, feminine plural contadoras)

1. (accounting) accountant

   Synonym: contable

2. counter(one who counts)

References

1. https://dle.rae.es/contador

Further reading

• “contador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014