instrutor

Portuguese

Alternative forms

instructor (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnstructōrem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tɾuˈtoʁ/ [ĩs.tɾuˈtoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tɾuˈtoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tɾuˈtoʁ/ [ĩʃ.tɾuˈtoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tɾuˈtoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tɾuˈtoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tɾuˈto.ɾi/

Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧tor

Noun

instrutor m (plural instrutores, feminine instrutora, feminine plural instrutoras)

instructor, teacher

Adjective

instrutor (feminine instrutora, masculine plural instrutores, feminine plural instrutoras)

instructing, teaching

Further reading

“instrutor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026