comparador

Galician

Etymology

From comparar +‎ -dor.

Noun

comparador m (plural comparadores)

comparator (any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard)
comparator (an electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data)
(computing) comparator (an application or program that compares prices, rates, tariffs of flights, smartphones, cars, etc)

Portuguese

Etymology

From comparar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pa.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [kõ.pa.ɾaˈdoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.pa.ɾaˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.pa.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [kõ.pa.ɾaˈdoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pa.ɾaˈdoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐ.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.pɐ.ɾɐˈðoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐ.ɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [kõ.pɐ.ɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

Hyphenation: com‧pa‧ra‧dor

Noun

comparador m (plural comparadores)

comparator (any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard)
comparator (an electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data)
(computing) comparator (an application or program that compares prices, rates, tariffs of flights, smartphones, cars, etc)

Further reading

“comparador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
“comparador”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From comparar +‎ -dor.

Noun

comparador m (plural comparadores)

comparator (any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard)
comparator (an electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data)
(computing) comparator (an application or program that compares prices, rates, tariffs of flights, smartphones, cars, etc)

Further reading

“comparador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024