devastador

Catalan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

devastador (feminine devastadora, masculine plural devastadors, feminine plural devastadores)

1. devastating, destructive

Related terms

• devastar

Further reading

• “devastador”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēvastātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.vas.taˈdoʁ/ [de.vas.taˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.vas.taˈdoʁ/ [de.vas.taˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.vas.taˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.vaʃ.taˈdoʁ/ [de.vaʃ.taˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /de.vas.taˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.vɐʃ.tɐˈdoɾ/ [dɨ.vɐʃ.tɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.vɐʃ.tɐˈdoɾ/ [dɨ.vɐʃ.tɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.bɐʃ.tɐˈdoɾ/ [dɨ.βɐʃ.tɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.vɐʃ.tɐˈdo.ɾi/ [dɨ.vɐʃ.tɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: de‧vas‧ta‧dor

Adjective

devastador (feminine devastadora, masculine plural devastadores, feminine plural devastadoras)

1. devastating, destructive

Related terms

• devastar

Further reading

• “devastador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “devastador”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “devastador”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “devastador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēvastātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /debastaˈdoɾ/ [d̪e.β̞as.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: de‧vas‧ta‧dor

Adjective

devastador (feminine devastadora, masculine plural devastadores, feminine plural devastadoras)

1. devastating

   Synonym: aplastante

2. destructive

   Synonym: destructivo

Related terms

• devastar

Further reading

• “devastador”, 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