abaixador

Portuguese

Etymology

From abaixar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ/ [a.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.baj.ʃaˈdoɾ/ [a.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoɾ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ/ [a.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoχ]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.baj.ʃaˈdoɻ/ [a.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoɻ]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.baj.ʃɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐ.βaj.ʃɐˈðoɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.baj.ʃɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ɐ.βaj.ʃɐˈðo.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: a‧bai‧xa‧dor

Adjective

abaixador (feminine abaixadora, masculine plural abaixadores, feminine plural abaixadoras)

  1. lowerer (that lowers)
  2. degrading (that degrades)
    Synonym: abaixante

Noun

abaixador m (plural abaixadores, feminine abaixadora, feminine plural abaixadoras)

  1. lowerer (one that lowers)
  2. degrader (one that degrades)
    Synonym: abaixante
  3. (Bahia) fisher that dives to recover a fishing net
  4. (anatomy) depressor
    Synonym: abassor
  5. (Brazil, medicine) ellipsis of abaixador de língua (“tongue depressor”)

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