esclarecedor

Portuguese

Etymology

esclarecer +‎ -dor

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kla.ɾe.seˈdoʁ/ [is.kla.ɾe.seˈdoh], /es.kla.ɾe.seˈdoʁ/ [es.kla.ɾe.seˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kla.ɾe.seˈdoʁ/ [is.kla.ɾe.seˈdoh], /es.kla.ɾe.seˈdoʁ/ [es.kla.ɾe.seˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.kla.ɾe.seˈdoɾ/, /es.kla.ɾe.seˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kla.ɾe.seˈdoʁ/ [iʃ.kla.ɾe.seˈdoχ], /eʃ.kla.ɾe.seˈdoʁ/ [eʃ.kla.ɾe.seˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kla.ɾe.seˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.klɐ.ɾɨ.sɨˈdoɾ/ [(i)ʃ.klɐ.ɾɨ.sɨˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.klɐ.ɾɨ.sɨˈdoɾ/ [(i)ʃ.klɐ.ɾɨ.sɨˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.klɐ.ɾɨ.sɨˈdo.ɾi/ [(i)ʃ.klɐ.ɾɨ.sɨˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: es‧cla‧re‧ce‧dor

Adjective

esclarecedor (feminine esclarecedora, masculine plural esclarecedores, feminine plural esclarecedoras)

1. clarifying, enlightening

Spanish

Etymology

From esclarecer +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /esklaɾeθeˈdoɾ/ [es.kla.ɾe.θeˈð̞oɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /esklaɾeseˈdoɾ/ [es.kla.ɾe.seˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: es‧cla‧re‧ce‧dor

Adjective

esclarecedor (feminine esclarecedora, masculine plural esclarecedores, feminine plural esclarecedoras)

1. enlightening

Further reading

• “esclarecedor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16