zelador

Portuguese

Etymology

From zelar (“to take care of”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ze.laˈdoʁ/ [ze.laˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ze.laˈdoʁ/ [ze.laˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ze.laˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ze.laˈdoʁ/ [ze.laˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ze.laˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɨ.lɐˈdoɾ/ [zɨ.lɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɨ.lɐˈdoɾ/ [zɨ.lɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɨ.lɐˈdo.ɾi/ [zɨ.lɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ze‧la‧dor

Noun

zelador m (plural zeladores, feminine zeladora, feminine plural zeladoras)

1. caretaker (someone who takes care of something)
2. caretaker; janitor (person who keeps a place clean and in good repair)

Related terms

• zelar
• zeloso

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θelaˈdoɾ/ [θe.laˈð̞oɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /selaˈdoɾ/ [se.laˈð̞oɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ze‧la‧dor

Noun

zelador m (plural zeladores, feminine zeladora, feminine plural zeladoras)

1. zealot

   Synonym: fanático