condutor

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *dewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *déwkti

Proto-Italic *doukō

Latin dūcō

Latin condūcō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin conductor, conductoremlbor.

Galician condutor

Learned borrowing from Latin conductor, conductorem (“contractor, employer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konduˈtoɾ/

Noun

condutor m (plural condutores, feminine condutora, feminine plural condutoras)

1. conductor (substance that transfers heat or electricity)
2. driver

   Conseguiu traballo de condutor nunha empresa de autobuses.

   He got work as a driver in a bus company.

See also

• conducente

Further reading

• “condutor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• conductor (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *dewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *déwkti

Proto-Italic *doukō

Latin dūcō

Latin condūcō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin conductōremlbor.

Portuguese condutor

Learned borrowing from Latin conductōrem (“contractor, employer”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.duˈtoʁ/ [kõ.duˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.duˈtoʁ/ [kõ.duˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.duˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.duˈtoʁ/ [kõ.duˈtoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kõ.duˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.duˈtoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.duˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.duˈto.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: con‧du‧tor

Adjective

condutor (feminine condutora, masculine plural condutores, feminine plural condutoras)

1. driving

Noun

condutor m (plural condutores, feminine condutora, feminine plural condutoras)

1. someone or something which conducts
2. driver
3. conductor (a person who drives public transports and takes tickets)

   Synonym: motorista

4. (physics) conductor

   Antonym: isolador

Related terms

• condução
• conducente
• conduta
• condutância
• condutibilidade
• condutível
• condutivo
• conduto
• conduzido
• conduzir

Further reading

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