portador

From Late Latin portātōrem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pur.təˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [por.təˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poɾ.taˈðoɾ]
• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

portador m (plural portadors, feminine portadora, feminine plural portadores)

1. carrier, bearer

• ona portadora

• portar

• “portador”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “portador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “portador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “portador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From portar +‎ -dor, or from Late Latin portātōrem, from Latin portō.

• Hyphenation: por‧ta‧dor

portador m (plural portadores, feminine portadora, feminine plural portadoras)

1. carrier, bearer
2. conveyer

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

From portar +‎ -dor, or borrowed from Late Latin portātor, from Latin portō.

• IPA^(key): /poɾtaˈdoɾ/ [poɾ.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: por‧ta‧dor

portador m (plural portadores, feminine portadora, feminine plural portadoras)

1. carrier, bearer

   Synonym: tenedor

• “portador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025