terminador

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teʁ.mi.naˈdoʁ/ [teɦ.mi.naˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teʁ.mi.naˈdoʁ/ [teɦ.mi.naˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /teɾ.mi.naˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teʁ.mi.naˈdoʁ/ [teʁ.mi.naˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /teɻ.mi.naˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈdoɾ/ [tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈdoɾ/ [tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨɾ.mi.nɐˈdo.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧na‧dor

Noun

terminador m (plural terminadores, feminine terminadora, feminine plural terminadoras)

1. terminator (one who finishes)
2. (genetics) terminator (DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease)
3. (astronomy) terminator (the line between the day side and the night side)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Noun

terminador m (plural terminadores, feminine terminadora, feminine plural terminadoras)

1. (genetics) terminator (DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease)
2. (astronomy) terminator (the line between the day side and the night side)

Further reading

• “terminador”, 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