vitrola

Portuguese

Etymology

Genericized trademark from Victrola.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈtɾɔ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈtɾɔ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈtɾɔ.la/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈtɾɔ.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈtɾɔ.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈtɾɔ.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
• Hyphenation: vi‧tro‧la

Noun

vitrola f (plural vitrolas) (Brazil)

1. record player

   Synonyms: toca-discos, (Portugal) gira-discos

2. (historical) gramophone

   Synonyms: grafonola, gramofone

3. (figurative) chatterbox, blabbermouth

References

• “vitrola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “vitrola”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “vitrola”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “vitrola”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From the brand Victrola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈtɾola/ [biˈt̪ɾo.la]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: vi‧tro‧la

Noun

vitrola f (plural vitrolas)

1. gramophone

Further reading

• “vitrola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025