amolador

Portuguese

Etymology

From amolar (“to sharpen”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

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

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

• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧la‧dor

Noun

amolador m (plural amoladores)

1. grinder; sharpener

Spanish

Etymology

From amolar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amolaˈdoɾ/ [a.mo.laˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧mo‧la‧dor

Noun

amolador m (plural amoladores, feminine amoladora, feminine plural amoladoras)

1. grinder, sharpener (a person who sharpens knives)

   Synonym: afilador

Further reading

• “amolador”, 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