contador
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From contar + -dor. Piecewise doublet of computador.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: con‧ta‧dor
=== Noun ===
contador m (plural contadores, feminine contadora, feminine plural contadoras)
counter (one who counts)
(Brazil) accountant (someone who maintains financial matters for a person)
Synonym: (Portugal) contabilista
=== Noun ===
contador m (plural contadores)
counter (object used in counting)
meter (device that measures things)
contador da água ― water meter
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
conta
conto
=== Further reading ===
“contador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“contador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From contar + -dor, possibly corresponding to Latin computātōrem, thus a doublet of computador, a borrowing.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kontaˈdoɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: con‧ta‧dor
=== Noun ===
contador m (plural contadores)
(programming) counter
counter, meter, measurer
Synonym: medidor
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Cebuano: kontador
→ Tagalog: kontador
=== Noun ===
contador m (plural contadores, feminine contadora, feminine plural contadoras)
counter (one who counts)
(accounting) accountant
Synonym: contable
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“contador”, 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
Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “contador”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA