elevador
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From elevar (“to elevate”) + -dor.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: e‧le‧va‧dor
Noun edit
elevador m (plural elevadores, feminine elevadora, feminine plural elevadoras)
- something which elevates (agent noun of elevar)
- Synonym: ascensor
Noun edit
elevador m (plural elevadores)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From elevar + -ador. In the sense of 'elevator', adaptated from English.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
elevador (feminine elevadora, masculine plural elevadores, feminine plural elevadoras)
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Noun edit
elevador m (plural elevadores)
- (Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico) lift (UK) , elevator (US)
- Synonym: ascensor
- forklift
- car lift, 2 post lift, two post lift, two column lift
- Synonym: elevador de coches
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Further reading edit
- “elevador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014