torcedor
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /toʁ.seˈdoʁ/ [toh.seˈdoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /toɾ.seˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /toʁ.seˈdoʁ/ [toχ.seˈdoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toɻ.seˈdoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾ.sɨˈdoɾ/ [tuɾ.sɨˈðoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾ.sɨˈdo.ɾi/ [tuɾ.sɨˈðo.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: tor‧ce‧dor
Noun
torcedor m (plural torcedores)
- (historical) garrote
Noun
torcedor m (plural torcedores, feminine torcedora, feminine plural torcedoras)
- (Brazil, sports) fan, supporter (fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
- Synonym: (Portugal) adepto
- 2002, 4:58 from the start, in Pedro Asbeg, director, Unido Vencerás, spoken by João, Rio de Janeiro: Raça Filmes; republished as Unido Vencerás[1], YouTube, 2009 August 21:
- Todo torcedor do América é maluco, eu lhe falo isso com toda a clareza.
- Every América supporter is crazy, I tell you that straight.
Related terms
References
- “torcedor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “torcedor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “torcedor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “torcedor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
torcedor m (plural torcedores)
Adjective
torcedor (feminine torcedora, masculine plural torcedores, feminine plural torcedoras)
Further reading
- “torcedor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024