debater

See also: debatér and débâter

English

Etymology

From debate +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈbeɪtə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

debater (plural debaters)

1. One who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:arguer

   William is a great debater.

Translations

one who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.

• Arabic: مُنَاظِر (munāẓir)
• Czech: diskutér (cs) m
• Esperanto: debatisto
• Finnish: debatööri, väittelijä (fi)
• French: débatteur (fr) m, débatteuse (fr) f
• Polish: dyskutant (pl) m, dyskutantka (pl) f
• Russian: дебатёр (debatjór), дебатирующий (ru) (debatirujuščij), ведущий дебаты (veduščij debaty), участвующий в дебатах (učastvujuščij v debatax), участник дебатов (učastnik debatov)
• Swedish: debattör (sv) c
• Thai: นักโต้วาที

Further reading

• “debater”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “debater”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
• “debater”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

• berated, betread, rebated, tabered

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.baˈte(ʁ)/ [de.baˈte(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.baˈte(ʁ)/ [de.baˈte(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.baˈte(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.baˈte(ʁ)/ [de.baˈte(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.baˈte(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.bɐˈteɾ/ [dɨ.βɐˈteɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.bɐˈteɾ/ [dɨ.βɐˈteɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.bɐˈte.ɾi/ [dɨ.βɐˈte.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: de‧ba‧ter

Verb

debater (first-person singular present debato, first-person singular preterite debati, past participle debatido)

1. to debate, discuss, dispute, contest
2. (reflexive) to flounder (to flop around)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of debater (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	debater
Personal	debater	debateres	debater	debatermos	debaterdes	debaterem
Gerund
	debatendo
Past participle
Masculine	debatido			debatidos
Feminine	debatida			debatidas
Indicative
Present	debato	debates	debate	debatemos	debateis	debatem
Imperfect	debatia	debatias	debatia	debatíamos	debatíeis	debatiam
Preterite	debati	debateste	debateu	debatemos	debatestes	debateram
Pluperfect	debatera	debateras	debatera	debatêramos	debatêreis	debateram
Future	debaterei	debaterás	debaterá	debateremos	debatereis	debaterão
Conditional	debateria	debaterias	debateria	debateríamos	debateríeis	debateriam
Subjunctive
Present	debata	debatas	debata	debatamos	debatais	debatam
Imperfect	debatesse	debatesses	debatesse	debatêssemos	debatêsseis	debatessem
Future	debater	debateres	debater	debatermos	debaterdes	debaterem
Imperative
Affirmative		debate	debata	debatamos	debatei	debatam
Negative (não)		não debatas	não debata	não debatamos	não debatais	não debatam