apontador
Portuguese
Etymology
From apontar (“to point; to sharpen”) + -dor.
Noun
apontador m (plural apontadores)
- something which points (shows where something is)
- (Brazil) pencil sharpener
- Synonyms: (Brazil) apontadora, (Portugal) apara-lápis
- (programming) pointer (variable that holds the address of a memory location)
- Synonym: ponteiro
- laser pointer
- Synonyms: apontador laser, caneta laser