exterminador

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin exterminātōrem. By surface analysis, exterminar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.teʁ.mi.naˈdoʁ/ [is.teɦ.mi.naˈdoh], /es.teʁ.mi.naˈdoʁ/ [es.teɦ.mi.naˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.teʁ.mi.naˈdoʁ/ [is.teɦ.mi.naˈdoh], /es.teʁ.mi.naˈdoʁ/ [es.teɦ.mi.naˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.teɾ.mi.naˈdoɾ/, /es.teɾ.mi.naˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.teʁ.mi.naˈdoʁ/ [iʃ.teʁ.mi.naˈdoχ], /eʃ.teʁ.mi.naˈdoʁ/ [eʃ.teʁ.mi.naˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.teɻ.mi.naˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈdoɾ/ [(i)ʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈðoɾ], /ɐjʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐjʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈdoɾ/ [(i)ʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈðoɾ], /ɐjʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐjʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈdoɾ/ [(i)ʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈðoɾ], /ejʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈdoɾ/ [ejʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈdoɾ/ [(i)ʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈðoɾ], /ejʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈdoɾ/ [ejʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈdo.ɾi/ [(i)ʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈðo.ɾi], /eʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈdo.ɾi/ [eʃ.tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ex‧ter‧mi‧na‧dor

Adjective

exterminador (feminine exterminadora, masculine plural exterminadores, feminine plural exterminadoras)

1. exterminating (that exterminates)

Related terms

• exterminar

Noun

exterminador m (plural exterminadores, feminine exterminadora, feminine plural exterminadoras)

1. exterminator (someone or something that exterminates)
2. exterminator (person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests)
3. (science fiction) terminator (artificial intelligence machine created to destroy humans)

Further reading

• “exterminador”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “exterminador”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “exterminador” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “exterminador”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “exterminador”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “exterminador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exterminātor. By surface analysis, exterminar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsteɾminaˈdoɾ/ [eɣ̞s.t̪eɾ.mi.naˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧ter‧mi‧na‧dor

Adjective

exterminador (feminine exterminadora, masculine plural exterminadores, feminine plural exterminadoras)

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Noun

exterminador m (plural exterminadores, feminine exterminadora, feminine plural exterminadoras)

1. exterminator, destructor

Related terms

• exterminar

Further reading

• “exterminador”, 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