acusador

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin accūsātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ku.zaˈdoʁ/ [a.ku.zaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ku.zaˈdoʁ/ [a.ku.zaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ku.zaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ku.zaˈdoʁ/ [a.ku.zaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ku.zaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ku.zɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐ.ku.zɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ku.zɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐ.ku.zɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ku.zɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ɐ.ku.zɐˈðo.ɾi]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [aˌkuzaˈdoː]
• Hyphenation: a‧cu‧sa‧dor

Adjective

acusador (feminine acusadora, masculine plural acusadores, feminine plural acusadoras)

1. accusatory

   Synonym: acusante

Derived terms

• acusadoramente

Noun

acusador m (plural acusadores, feminine acusadora, feminine plural acusadoras)

1. accuser (one who accuses)

   Synonym: acusante

Related terms

• acusar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accūsātōrem, or from acusar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akusaˈdoɾ/ [a.ku.saˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧cu‧sa‧dor

Adjective

acusador (feminine acusadora, masculine plural acusadores, feminine plural acusadoras)

1. (law) accusatory

Noun

acusador m (plural acusadores, feminine acusadora, feminine plural acusadoras)

1. (law) complainant
2. (law) prosecutor

   acusador particular ― private prosecutor

   acusador público ― public prosecutor

3. accuser

   Synonym: delator

Related terms

• acusación
• acusado
• acusar
• acusatorio

Further reading

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

Venetan

Alternative forms

• acuxador

Etymology

From Latin accūsātor, accūsātōrem. Compare Italian accusatore.

Noun

acusador m (plural acusadori, female equivalent acusatrice)

1. accuser