interruptor

English

Noun

interruptor (plural interruptors)

1. Alternative form of interrupter.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin interruptōrem, from Latin interrumpō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.tə.rupˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.te.rupˈtoɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

interruptor m (plural interruptors)

1. (electronics) switch
2. (computing) command line switch

   Synonym: opció

Related terms

• interrompre

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin interruptōrem, from Latin interrumpō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.hupˈtoh], /ĩ.te.ʁu.piˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.hu.piˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.hupˈtoh], /ĩ.te.ʁu.piˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.hu.piˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoɾ/ [ĩ.te.hupˈtoɾ], /ĩ.te.ʁu.piˈtoɾ/ [ĩ.te.hu.piˈtoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.χupˈtoχ], /ĩ.te.ʁu.piˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.χu.piˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoɻ/ [ĩ.te.hupˈtoɻ], /ĩ.te.ʁu.piˈtoɻ/ [ĩ.te.hu.piˈtoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈptoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈptoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈpto.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧rup‧tor

Noun

interruptor m (plural interruptores)

1. (electronics) switch

   Synonym: comutador

2. interrupter (that which interrupts)

   Synonym: interrompedor

Related terms

• interromper
• interrompido
• interrupção
• interrupto

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin interruptor, from Latin interrumpō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /interubˈtoɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪e.ruβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: in‧te‧rrup‧tor

Adjective

interruptor (feminine interruptora, masculine plural interruptores, feminine plural interruptoras)

1. interrupting

Noun

interruptor m (plural interruptores)

1. (electronics) switch, light switch

Related terms

• interrumpir

Further reading

• “interruptor”, 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