equador

See also: Equador

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.kwəˈðo]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.kwaˈðoɾ]
Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Noun

equador m (plural equadors)

equator

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aequātōrem (“equalizer”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.kwaˈdoʁ/ [e.kwaˈdoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.kwaˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.kwaˈdoʁ/ [e.kwaˈdoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /e.kwaˈdoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.kwɐˈdoɾ/ [i.kwɐˈðoɾ], /e.kwɐˈdoɾ/ [e.kwɐˈðoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.kwɐˈdo.ɾi/ [i.kwɐˈðo.ɾi], /e.kwɐˈdo.ɾi/ [e.kwɐˈðo.ɾi]

Audio (Brazil (Caipira)): (file)
Homophone: Equador

Noun

equador m (plural equadores)

equator (circle around the earth)

Related terms

Further reading

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

Spanish

Noun

equador m (plural equadores)

obsolete form of ecuador