contador
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From contar + -dor. Piecewise doublet of computador.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: con‧ta‧dor
Noun edit
contador m (plural contadores, feminine contadora, feminine plural contadoras)
- counter (one who counts)
- (Brazil) accountant (someone who maintains financial matters for a person)
- Synonym: (Portugal) contabilista
Noun edit
contador m (plural contadores)
- counter (object used in counting)
- meter (device that measures things)
- contador da água ― water meter
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From contar + -dor, possibly corresponding to Latin computātōrem,[1] thus a doublet of computador, a borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
contador m (plural contadores)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Noun edit
contador m (plural contadores, feminine contadora, feminine plural contadoras)
- counter (one who counts)
- (accounting) accountant
- Synonym: contable
References edit
Further reading edit
- “contador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014