contador
Portuguese
Etymology
From contar + -dor. Piecewise doublet of computador.
Pronunciation
- (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]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɐˈdo.ɾi/ [kõ.tɐˈðo.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: con‧ta‧dor
Noun
contador m (plural contadores, feminine contadora, feminine plural contadoras)
- counter (one who counts)
- (Brazil) accountant (someone who maintains financial matters for a person)
- Synonym: (Portugal) contabilista
Noun
contador m (plural contadores)
- counter (object used in counting)
- meter (device that measures things)
- contador da água ― water meter
Derived terms
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From contar + -dor, possibly corresponding to Latin computātōrem,[1] thus a doublet of computador, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kontaˈdoɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: con‧ta‧dor
Noun
contador m (plural contadores)
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
contador m (plural contadores, feminine contadora, feminine plural contadoras)
- counter (one who counts)
- (accounting) accountant
- Synonym: contable
References
Further reading
- “contador”, 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
- Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “contador”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]