lavador
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese lavador (“washer”)
Noun
lavador (plural lavadors)
- 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
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Portuguese
Etymology
lavar + -dor, or from Latin lavator, lavatōrem. Compare Spanish lavador, Italian lavatore, French laveur.
Noun
lavador m (plural lavadores, feminine lavadora, feminine plural lavadoras)
- washer (someone or something that washes)
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Spanish
Etymology
lavar + -dor, or Latin lavator, lavatōrem. Compare Portuguese lavador, Italian lavatore, French laveur.
Noun
lavador m (plural lavadores)
- washer (someone or something that washes)
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