purgador

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin purgātōrem. By surface analysis, purgar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /puʁ.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [puɦ.ɡaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /puʁ.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [puɦ.ɡaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /puɾ.ɡaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /puʁ.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [puʁ.ɡaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /puɻ.ɡaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.ɡɐˈdoɾ/ [puɾ.ɣɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.ɡɐˈdoɾ/ [puɾ.ɣɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.ɡɐˈdo.ɾi/ [puɾ.ɣɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: pur‧ga‧dor

Adjective

purgador (feminine purgadora, masculine plural purgadores, feminine plural purgadoras)

1. purging

Noun

purgador m (plural purgadores)

1. purger
2. air vent, bleed valve

Further reading

• “purgador”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “purgador”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “purgador”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “purgador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin purgātor. By surface analysis, purgar (“to bleed”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puɾɡaˈdoɾ/ [puɾ.ɣ̞aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pur‧ga‧dor

Adjective

purgador (feminine purgadora, masculine plural purgadores, feminine plural purgadoras)

1. purging

Noun

purgador m (plural purgadores)

1. air vent, bleed valve
2. purger

Further reading

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