lavador

See also: Lavador

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese lavador (“washer”).

Noun

lavador (plural lavadors)

1. a machine used in mining placer deposits, which washes paydirt slurries pumped into the top of machine, extracting pebbled ores though its sluice runs into its riffles, grates and miner's moss, a type of washplant

Hypernyms

• washplant

Anagrams

• Alvardo

Portuguese

Etymology

From lavar +‎ -dor, or from Latin lavātōrem. Compare Spanish lavador, Italian lavatore, French laveur.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈdoʁ/ [la.vaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈdoʁ/ [la.vaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈdoʁ/ [la.vaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈdoɾ/ [lɐ.vɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈdoɾ/ [lɐ.vɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.bɐˈdoɾ/ [lɐ.βɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈdo.ɾi/ [lɐ.vɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: la‧va‧dor

Noun

lavador m (plural lavadores, feminine lavadora, feminine plural lavadoras)

1. washer (someone or something that washes)

Related terms

• lavar

Spanish

Etymology

From lavar +‎ -dor, or Latin lavatōrem. Compare Portuguese lavador, Italian lavatore, French laveur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /labaˈdoɾ/ [la.β̞aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: la‧va‧dor

Noun

lavador m (plural lavadores, feminine lavadora, feminine plural lavadoras)

1. washer (someone or something that washes)

Derived terms

• oso lavador

Related terms

• lavadora
• lavar

Further reading

• “lavador”, 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