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