babador

Portuguese

Etymology

From baba (“drool”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.baˈdoʁ/ [ba.baˈdoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ba.baˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ba.baˈdoʁ/ [ba.baˈdoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ba.baˈdoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.bɐˈdoɾ/ [bɐ.βɐˈðoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.bɐˈdo.ɾi/ [bɐ.βɐˈðo.ɾi]

Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧dor

Noun

babador m (plural babadores)

bib (item of clothing for babies)

Further reading

“babador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“babador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026