inyector

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish inyectar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish inyector

From inyectar + -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /inʝeɡˈtoɾ/ [ĩɲ.ɟ͡ʝeɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]

• IPA^(key): /inʝeɡˈtoɾ/ [ĩɲ.ɟ͡ʝeɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /inʃeɡˈtoɾ/ [ĩnʲ.ʃeɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /inʒeɡˈtoɾ/ [ĩnʲ.ʒeɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: in‧yec‧tor

Adjective

inyector (feminine inyectora, masculine plural inyectores, feminine plural inyectoras)

1. injecting

Noun

inyector m (plural inyectores)

1. injector
2. nozzle

Derived terms

• autoinyector

Further reading

• “inyector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026