furador

Portuguese

Etymology

furar + -dor

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fu.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [fu.ɾaˈdoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fu.ɾaˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fu.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [fu.ɾaˈdoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /fu.ɾaˈdoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [fu.ɾɐˈðoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.ɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [fu.ɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

Hyphenation: fu‧ra‧dor

Noun

furador m (plural furadores, feminine furadora, feminine plural furadoras)

someone who or something which pierces
awl (a pointed instrument used for piercing small holes)

Adjective

furador (feminine furadora, masculine plural furadores, feminine plural furadoras)

who or which pierces

Further reading

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