prevaricador

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praevāricātōrem, corresponding to prevaricar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.va.ɾi.kaˈdoʁ/ [pɾe.va.ɾi.kaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.va.ɾi.kaˈdoʁ/ [pɾe.va.ɾi.kaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾe.va.ɾi.kaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾe.va.ɾi.kaˈdoʁ/ [pɾe.va.ɾi.kaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.va.ɾi.kaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.vɐ.ɾi.kɐˈdoɾ/ [pɾɨ.vɐ.ɾi.kɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.vɐ.ɾi.kɐˈdoɾ/ [pɾɨ.vɐ.ɾi.kɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.bɐ.ɾi.kɐˈdoɾ/ [pɾɨ.βɐ.ɾi.kɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.vɐ.ɾi.kɐˈdo.ɾi/ [pɾɨ.vɐ.ɾi.kɐˈðo.ɾi]

Adjective

prevaricador (feminine prevaricadora, masculine plural prevaricadores, feminine plural prevaricadoras)

1. violating one’s duty
2. behaving improperly

Noun

prevaricador m (plural prevaricadores, feminine prevaricadora, feminine plural prevaricadoras)

1. someone who violates their duty
2. someone who behaves improperly

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praevāricātor, corresponding to prevaricar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾebaɾikaˈdoɾ/ [pɾe.β̞a.ɾi.kaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧va‧ri‧ca‧dor

Adjective

prevaricador (feminine prevaricadora, masculine plural prevaricadores, feminine plural prevaricadoras)

1. prevaricating

Further reading

• “prevaricador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16