construtor

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin cōnstrūctōrem (“builder”), from Latin cōnstruere (“to build, pile together”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõs.tɾuˈtoʁ/ [kõs.tɾuˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõs.tɾuˈtoʁ/ [kõs.tɾuˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõs.tɾuˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.tɾuˈtoʁ/ [kõʃ.tɾuˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõs.tɾuˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.tɾuˈtoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.tɾuˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.tɾuˈto.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cons‧tru‧tor

Adjective

construtor (feminine construtora, masculine plural construtores, feminine plural construtoras, not comparable)

1. (relational) construction

Noun

construtor m (plural construtores, feminine construtora, feminine plural construtoras)

1. builder, constructor

Further reading

• “construtor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “construtor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025