computador

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin computator.

Noun

computador m (plural computadores)

1. computer

   Synonyms: computadora, ordenador

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin computātōrem. Piecewise doublet of contador. By surface analysis, computar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pu.taˈdoʁ/ [kõ.pu.taˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pu.taˈdoʁ/ [kõ.pu.taˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.pu.taˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.pu.taˈdoʁ/ [kõ.pu.taˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pu.taˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pu.tɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.pu.tɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pu.tɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.pu.tɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pu.tɐˈdo.ɾi/ [kõ.pu.tɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: com‧pu‧ta‧dor

Adjective

computador (feminine computadora, masculine plural computadores, feminine plural computadoras, not comparable)

1. computing (which performs computations)

Noun

computador m (plural computadores)

1. computer (programmable electronic device)

Related terms

• computadorizar
• computar

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Komputatoer

References

• “computador”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “computador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “computador”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “computador”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin computator. Doublet of contador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komputaˈdoɾ/ [kõm.pu.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: com‧pu‧ta‧dor

Noun

computador m (plural computadores)

1. (computing, chiefly Chile, Colombia) computer

   Synonyms: computadora, ordenador

Derived terms

• computador de mesa
• computador de sobremesa
• computador portátil

Further reading

• “computador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “computador”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
• computador on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es