interruptor
English
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin interruptōrem, from Latin interrumpō.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.hupˈtoh], /ĩ.te.ʁu.piˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.hu.piˈtoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoɾ/ [ĩ.te.hupˈtoɾ], /ĩ.te.ʁu.piˈtoɾ/ [ĩ.te.hu.piˈtoɾ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.χupˈtoχ], /ĩ.te.ʁu.piˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.χu.piˈtoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoɻ/ [ĩ.te.hupˈtoɻ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈptoɾ/, /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈtoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈpto.ɾi/, /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈto.ɾi/
Noun
interruptor m (plural interruptores)
- interrupter (that which interrupts)
- Synonym: interrompedor
- switch (device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow)
- Synonym: comutador
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin interruptor, from Latin interrumpō.
Adjective
interruptor (feminine interruptora, masculine plural interruptores, feminine plural interruptoras)
Related terms
Further reading
- “interruptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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