imperador

See also: imperadôr

Portuguese

imperador

Alternative forms

Etymology

Modified from Old Portuguese emperador (compare Galician emperador), a semi-learned term taken from Latin imperātor (emperor; commander) (compare Spanish emperador, Catalan emperador, Occitan emperador, French empereur, Italian imperatore, Romanian împărat).

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ĩ.ˌpe.ɾa.ˈdoɹ/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.ˌpe.ɾa.ˈdoɻ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐ.ˈðoɾ/
  • Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧dor

Noun

imperador m (plural imperadores, feminine imperatriz, feminine plural imperatrizes)

  1. emperor (ruler of an empire)
  2. alfonsino (Beryx decadactylus, a deep-sea fish)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:imperador.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • mariposa-imperador
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