lavador

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese lavador (“washer”). === Noun === lavador (plural lavadors) A machine used in mining placer deposits, which washes paydirt slurries pumped into the top of machine, extracting pebbled ores though its sluice runs into its riffles, grates and miner's moss, a type of washplant. ==== Hypernyms ==== washplant === Anagrams === Alvardo == Portuguese == === Etymology === From lavar +‎ -dor, or from Latin lavātōrem. Compare Spanish lavador, Italian lavatore, French laveur. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: la‧va‧dor === Noun === lavador m (plural lavadores, feminine lavadora, feminine plural lavadoras) washer (someone or something that washes) ==== Related terms ==== lavar === Further reading === “lavador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From lavar +‎ -dor, or Latin lavātōrem. Compare Portuguese lavador, Italian lavatore, French laveur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /labaˈdoɾ/ [la.β̞aˈð̞oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: la‧va‧dor === Noun === lavador m (plural lavadores, feminine lavadora, feminine plural lavadoras) washer (someone or something that washes) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “lavador”, 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