pesquisador

Portuguese

Etymology

From pesquisa +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pes.ki.zaˈdoʁ/ [pes.ki.zaˈdoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pes.ki.zaˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʃ.ki.zaˈdoʁ/ [peʃ.ki.zaˈdoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /pes.ki.zaˈdoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨʃ.ki.zɐˈdoɾ/ [pɨʃ.ki.zɐˈðoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨʃ.ki.zɐˈdo.ɾi/ [pɨʃ.ki.zɐˈðo.ɾi]

Hyphenation: pes‧qui‧sa‧dor

Noun

pesquisador m (plural pesquisadores, feminine pesquisadora, feminine plural pesquisadoras)

searcher (one who searches)
(chiefly Brazil) researcher
Synonym: (chiefly Portugal) investigador

Further reading

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

Spanish

Adjective

pesquisador (feminine pesquisadora, masculine plural pesquisadores, feminine plural pesquisadoras)

investigating, inquiring

Noun

pesquisador m (plural pesquisadores, feminine pesquisadora, feminine plural pesquisadoras)

investigator