prestidigitador

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French prestidigitateur. By surface analysis, prestidigitar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾes.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.ʒi.taˈdoʁ/ [pɾes.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.ʒi.taˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾes.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.ʒi.taˈdoʁ/ [pɾes.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.ʒi.taˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾes.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.ʒi.taˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾeʃ.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.ʒi.taˈdoʁ/ [pɾeʃ.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.ʒi.taˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾes.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒi.ʒi.taˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨʃ.ti.di.ʒi.tɐˈdoɾ/ [pɾɨʃ.ti.ði.ʒi.tɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨʃ.ti.di.ʒi.tɐˈdoɾ/ [pɾɨʃ.ti.ði.ʒi.tɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨʃ.ti.di.ʒi.tɐˈdo.ɾi/ [pɾɨʃ.ti.ði.ʒi.tɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: pres‧ti‧di‧gi‧ta‧dor

Noun

prestidigitador m (plural prestidigitadores, feminine prestidigitadora, feminine plural prestidigitadoras)

1. prestidigitator (one who performs sleight-of-hand)

Spanish

Noun

prestidigitador m (plural prestidigitadores, feminine prestidigitadora, feminine plural prestidigitadoras)

1. prestidigitator (one who performs sleight-of-hand)

   Synonym: (Philippines) salamanquero

Further reading

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