regador

Portuguese

Etymology

Regar (“to water”) +‎ -dor (“-er”), from Latin rigare, present active infinitive of rigō (“I water”).

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˌʁe.ɡa.ˈdoɹ/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌhe.ɡa.ˈdoɻ/
  • Hyphenation: re‧ga‧dor

Noun

regador m (plural regadores, feminine regadora, feminine plural regadoras)

  1. watering can (a container specific to carry and dispense water for plants usually with a sprout)
  2. waterer (one who waters)

Synonyms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.