elevador
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From elevar (“to elevate”) + -dor.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: e‧le‧va‧dor
=== Noun ===
elevador m (plural elevadores, feminine elevadora, feminine plural elevadoras)
something which elevates (agent noun of elevar)
Synonym: ascensor
=== Noun ===
elevador m (plural elevadores)
elevator, lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
Synonym: ascensor
==== Related terms ====
elevação
elevado
elevar
elevatório
leve
=== Further reading ===
“elevador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“elevador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From elevar + -ador. In the sense of 'elevator', adaptated from English.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /elebaˈdoɾ/ [e.le.β̞aˈð̞oɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: e‧le‧va‧dor
=== Adjective ===
elevador (feminine elevadora, masculine plural elevadores, feminine plural elevadoras)
lifting
==== Derived terms ====
=== Noun ===
elevador m (plural elevadores)
(Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, US, Puerto Rico, Philippines) lift (UK), elevator (US)
Synonym: ascensor
forklift
car lift, 2 post lift, two post lift, two column lift
Synonym: elevador de coches
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“elevador”, 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