governador

See also: governadór

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan governador, from Latin gubernātōrem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

governador m (plural governadors, feminine governadora, feminine plural governadores)

1. governor

Related terms

• governar

References

• “governador”, 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
• “governador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “governador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “governador”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese governador, from Latin gubernātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡo.veʁ.naˈdoʁ/ [ɡo.veɦ.naˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡo.veʁ.naˈdoʁ/ [ɡo.veɦ.naˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡo.veɾ.naˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡo.veʁ.naˈdoʁ/ [ɡo.veʁ.naˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ɡo.veɻ.naˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡu.vɨɾ.nɐˈdoɾ/ [ɡu.vɨɾ.nɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡu.vɨɾ.nɐˈdoɾ/ [ɡu.vɨɾ.nɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡu.bɨɾ.nɐˈdoɾ/ [ɡu.βɨɾ.nɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡu.vɨɾ.nɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ɡu.vɨɾ.nɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: go‧ver‧na‧dor

Noun

governador m (plural governadores, feminine governadora, feminine plural governadoras)

1. governor

Related terms

• governar
• governadoria

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: gubernadur
• Indo-Portuguese: governador
• Kabuverdianu: guvernador
• Konkani: गोवेर्नादोर (governādor)
• Principense: govenadô
• Sãotomense: govenadô
• → Tetum: governadór

Further reading

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