transformador
Catalan
Etymology
From transformar + -dor. The sense of "electrical component" is modeled on French transformateur.
Adjective
transformador (feminine transformadora, masculine plural transformadors, feminine plural transformadores)
Noun
transformador m (plural transformadors)
Further reading
- “transformador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃s.foʁ.maˈdoʁ/ [tɾɐ̃s.foɦ.maˈdoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃s.foɾ.maˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃ʃ.foʁ.maˈdoʁ/ [tɾɐ̃ʃ.foʁ.maˈdoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃s.foɻ.maˈdoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃ʃ.fuɾ.mɐˈdoɾ/ [tɾɐ̃ʃ.fuɾ.mɐˈðoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃ʃ.fuɾ.mɐˈdo.ɾi/ [tɾɐ̃ʃ.fuɾ.mɐˈðo.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: trans‧for‧ma‧dor
Noun
transformador m (plural transformadores)
- someone or something that transforms
- (electrical engineering) transformer (device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity)
Adjective
transformador (feminine transformadora, masculine plural transformadores, feminine plural transformadoras)
- that transforms
Further reading
- “transformador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “transformador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Alternative forms
Adjective
transformador (feminine transformadora, masculine plural transformadores, feminine plural transformadoras)
Noun
transformador m (plural transformadores)
- transformer (a device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity)
Further reading
- “transformador”, 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