contador

Portuguese

Etymology

From contar +‎ -dor. Piecewise doublet of computador.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.taˈdoʁ/ [kõ.taˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.taˈdoʁ/ [kõ.taˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.taˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.taˈdoʁ/ [kõ.taˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.taˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.tɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.tɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɐˈdo.ɾi/ [kõ.tɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: con‧ta‧dor

Noun

contador m (plural contadores, feminine contadora, feminine plural contadoras)

1. counter (one who counts)
2. (Brazil) accountant (someone who maintains financial matters for a person)

   Synonym: (Portugal) contabilista

Noun

contador m (plural contadores)

1. counter (object used in counting)
2. meter (device that measures things)

   contador da água ― water meter

Derived terms

• contador de água
• contador de gás

 

Related terms

• conta
• conto

Spanish

Etymology

From contar +‎ -dor, possibly corresponding to Latin computātōrem,^[1] thus a doublet of computador, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontaˈdoɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: con‧ta‧dor

Noun

contador m (plural contadores)

1. (programming) counter
2. counter, meter, measurer

   Synonym: medidor

Derived terms

• contador de gas
• contador del gas

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: kontador
• → Tagalog: kontador

Noun

contador m (plural contadores, feminine contadora, feminine plural contadoras)

1. counter (one who counts)
2. (accounting) accountant

   Synonym: contable

References

1. https://dle.rae.es/contador

Further reading

• “contador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28