aspirador

Asturian

Alternative forms

• aspiradora

Noun

aspirador m (plural aspiradores)

1. vacuum cleaner, vacuum, hoover (machine for cleaning)

   Synonym: aspiradora

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?

Latin spīrō

Latin aspīrārelbor.

Galician aspirar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tōrem

Old Galician-Portuguese -dor

Galician -dor

Galician aspirador

From aspirar (“to inhale”) + -dor.

Noun

aspirador m (plural aspiradores)

1. vacuum cleaner, vacuum, hoover

   Synonym: aspiradora

2. aspirator

Adjective

aspirador (feminine aspiradora, masculine plural aspiradores, feminine plural aspiradoras)

1. inhaling

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?

Latin spīrō

Latin aspīrārelbor.

Portuguese aspirar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tōrem

Old Galician-Portuguese -dor

Portuguese -dor

Portuguese aspirador

From aspirar (“to inhale”) + -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /as.pi.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [as.pi.ɾaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /as.pi.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [as.pi.ɾaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /as.pi.ɾaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʃ.pi.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [aʃ.pi.ɾaˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /as.pi.ɾaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃ.pi.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐʃ.pi.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃ.pi.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐʃ.pi.ɾɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃ.pi.ɾɐˈdo.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: as‧pi‧ra‧dor

Noun

aspirador m (plural aspiradores)

1. ellipsis of aspirador de pó

Adjective

aspirador (feminine aspiradora, masculine plural aspiradores, feminine plural aspiradoras, not comparable)

1. inhaling

Further reading

• “aspirador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aspirador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?

Latin spīrō

Latin aspīrārelbor.

Spanish aspirar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish aspirador

From aspirar (“to inhale”) + -dor.

Noun

aspirador m (plural aspiradores)

1. alternative form of aspiradora (“vacuum cleaner”)
2. aspirator

Adjective

aspirador (feminine aspiradora, masculine plural aspiradores, feminine plural aspiradoras)

1. inhaling

Further reading

• “aspirador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025