direccional

Portuguese

Adjective

direccional m or f (plural direccionais)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of direcional. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Front and side turn signals working

Etymology

From dirección +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /diɾeɡθjoˈnal/ [d̪i.ɾeɣ̞.θjoˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /diɾeɡsjoˈnal/ [d̪i.ɾeɣ̞.sjoˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: di‧rec‧cio‧nal

Adjective

direccional m or f (masculine and feminine plural direccionales)

1. directional

Derived terms

• bidireccional
• direccionalidad
• unidireccional

 

Noun

direccional f (plural direccionales)

1. (automotive, Latin America) indicator (UK, Australia, New Zealand), turn signal (US), blinker (informal, US), direction indicator (flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made)

   Synonyms: (Spain) intermitente, (Argentina) luz de giro, indicador

Further reading

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