teleoperador

Spanish

Etymology

From tele- +‎ operador.

Noun

teleoperador m (plural teleoperadores, feminine teleoperadora, feminine plural teleoperadoras)

1. telephone operator, telephonist (person who operates a telephone switchboard)

   Synonym: telefonista

2. telephone operator, telephonist (person who provides information or takes messages via the telephone)
3. telemarketer, telephone salesperson, telesales representative, telesales person, telesales rep, telephone sales representative (someone who sells products or services by making unsolicited telephone calls)

Further reading

• “teleoperador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “teleoperador” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.