-cultor

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cultor.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuwˈtoʁ/ [kuʊ̯ˈtoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kuwˈtoɾ/ [kuʊ̯ˈtoɾ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kuwˈtoʁ/ [kuʊ̯ˈtoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kuwˈtoɻ/ [kuʊ̯ˈtoɻ]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kulˈtoɾ/ [kuɫˈtoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kulˈto.ɾi/ [kuɫˈto.ɾi]

Suffix

-cultor

Expresses the notion of cultivator or creator
‎cereal (“cereal”) + ‎-cultor → ‎cerealicultor (“cereal grower”)

‎banana (“banana”) + ‎-cultor → ‎bananicultor (“banana grower”)

‎suíno (“pig”) + ‎-cultor → ‎suinicultor (“pig farmer”)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -cultor

Spanish

Suffix

-cultor

cultivator

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -cultor

Further reading

“-cultor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025