sapador

Catalan

Etymology

From sapa.

Noun

sapador m (plural sapadors)

(military) sapper (soldier responsible for digging underground galleries)

Further reading

“sapador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“sapador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From sapar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.paˈdoʁ/ [sa.paˈdoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sa.paˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sa.paˈdoʁ/ [sa.paˈdoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /sa.paˈdoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.pɐˈdoɾ/ [sɐ.pɐˈðoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.pɐˈdo.ɾi/ [sɐ.pɐˈðo.ɾi]

Hyphenation: sa‧pa‧dor

Noun

sapador m (plural sapadores)

(military) sapper (soldier responsible for digging underground galleries)

Further reading

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