cortador

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1370. From cortar (“to cut”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koɾtaˈðoɾ]

Adjective

cortador (feminine cortadora, masculine plural cortadores, feminine plural cortadoras)

1. cutting
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 393:

     Et tragíã seus escudos enbraçados et suas lanças ẽnas mãos, et moytos deles tragíã hũas azcũas grãdes et anchas de açeyro, linpas et cortadores cõmo nauallas

     They brought their shields on, and their spears in their hands, and many of them brought large and wide javelins of steel, clean and cutting like razors

Noun

cortador m (plural cortadores, feminine cortadora, feminine plural cortadoras)

1. butcher

Derived terms

• cortadoría

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cortador”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cortador”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cortador”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cortador”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.taˈdoʁ/ [koh.taˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.taˈdoʁ/ [koh.taˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾ.taˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁ.taˈdoʁ/ [koχ.taˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻ.taˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.tɐˈdoɾ/ [kuɾ.tɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.tɐˈdoɾ/ [kuɾ.tɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.tɐˈdo.ɾi/ [kuɾ.tɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: cor‧ta‧dor

Noun

cortador m (plural cortadores, feminine cortadora, feminine plural cortadoras)

1. cutter (person or device that cuts)

Spanish

Etymology

From cortar +‎ -dor. Compare English curtailer.

Adjective

cortador (feminine cortadora, masculine plural cortadores, feminine plural cortadoras)

1. cutting

Noun

cortador m (plural cortadores)

1. cutter
2. butcher
3. (anatomy) incisor (tooth)
4. chopping board

Derived terms

• cortador de césped
• cortador de hierba
• cortador de pasto
• cortador de pizzas

 

Further reading

• “cortador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014