morador

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese morador, from Latin morātōrem.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mo.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [mo.ɾaˈdoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mo.ɾaˈdoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mo.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [mo.ɾaˈdoχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mo.ɾaˈdoɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [mu.ɾɐˈðoɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.ɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [mu.ɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: mo‧ra‧dor

Adjective

morador (feminine moradora, masculine plural moradores, feminine plural moradoras, not comparable)

  1. dwelling

Noun

morador m (plural moradores, feminine moradora, feminine plural moradoras)

  1. resider, inhabitant, dweller
  2. tenant, lodger

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin morātorem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moɾaˈdoɾ/ [mo.ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: mo‧ra‧dor

Adjective

morador (feminine moradora, masculine plural moradores, feminine plural moradoras)

  1. dwelling, inhabiting

Noun

morador m (plural moradores, feminine moradora, feminine plural moradoras)

  1. dweller, one who resides
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 45:
      En una casa de Limache oyeron los moradores y visitas que estaban esa noche reunidos, gritar desaforadamente un Chonchón.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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