sugador

Portuguese

Etymology

From sugar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [su.ɡaˈdoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /su.ɡaˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /su.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [su.ɡaˈdoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /su.ɡaˈdoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ɡɐˈdoɾ/ [su.ɣɐˈðoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ɡɐˈdo.ɾi/ [su.ɣɐˈðo.ɾi]

Hyphenation: su‧ga‧dor

Noun

sugador m (plural sugadores, feminine sugadora, feminine plural sugadoras)

sucker (someone or something that performs suction)
Synonym: chupador
(figurative) leech: a person who lives at the expense of others

Adjective

sugador (feminine sugadora, masculine plural sugadores, feminine plural sugadoras)

sucking, suctorial

Further reading

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