regador

Catalan

Etymology

From regar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [rə.ɣəˈðu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [rə.ɣəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.ɣaˈðoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [re.ɣaˈðo]

Adjective

regador (feminine regadora, masculine plural regadors, feminine plural regadores)

1. watering

Further reading

• “regador”, 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

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese regar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tōrem

Old Galician-Portuguese -dor

Portuguese -dor

Portuguese regador

From regar (“to water”) + -dor (“-er”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [he.ɡaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [he.ɡaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡaˈdoɾ/ [he.ɡaˈdoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [χe.ɡaˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡaˈdoɻ/ [he.ɡaˈdoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ɡɐˈdoɾ/ [ʁɨ.ɣɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ɡɐˈdoɾ/ [ʁɨ.ɣɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ɡɐˈdo.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧ga‧dor

Noun

regador m (plural regadores, feminine regadora, feminine plural regadoras)

1. waterer (one who waters)

   Synonyms: aguador, irrigador

Noun

regador m (plural regadores)

1. watering can (a container specific to carry and dispense water for plants usually with a sprout)

   Synonym: aguador

Related terms

• irrigar
• rega
• regadeira
• regadia
• regadura
• regar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin rigāre

Spanish regar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish regador

From regar + -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reɡaˈdoɾ/ [re.ɣ̞aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: re‧ga‧dor

Adjective

regador (feminine regadora, masculine plural regadores, feminine plural regadoras)

1. watering

Noun

regador m (plural regadores)

1. watering can

   Synonym: regadera

Further reading

• “regador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025